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fictionalize

[fik-shuh-nl-ahyz] / ˈfɪk ʃə nlˌaɪz /
VERB
fake
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But even daring to fictionalize some version of that atrocity raises “Andor” above other spinoffs.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2025

Instead of directly recounting the facts in Bissonnette’s book, Gore and Kulash elected to fictionalize certain aspects.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2023

“I was very excited to pick it apart and figure out what we wanted to fictionalize to push this story forward,” he said.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2022

Vanessa’s capacity to romanticize, to fictionalize, runs rampant.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2020

It was a means by which, if not to erase or delete memory, to splice it, to fictionalize it, and to some degree begin again; and yet he judged consciousness to be even less real.

From An Apostate: Nawin of Thais by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)




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