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fabricate

[fab-ri-kayt] / ˈfæb rɪˌkeɪt /




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County’s district attorney and the State Bar after The Times reported last fall that some of its clients said they’d been paid to sue, and, in some cases, fabricate their claims against the county.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

"This nonequilibrium fabrication approach enables us to fabricate materials from alloy vapor to a solid, introducing a significant number of dislocations in CoAl," Zhang said.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

Golding’s central conceit—that consciousness may fabricate its own continuity in the face of annihilation—gives the novel its claustrophobic intensity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

And why MedPac — an independent body overseen by leading healthcare professionals from across all parts of the industry, from doctors to nursing organizations to health insurers themselves — would fabricate these numbers is unexplained.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

On leaving home I was able to fabricate a new and far more satisfying history, frill of striking, simplistic environmental influences; a colorful past, easily accessible to strangers.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., or TSMC, fabricates roughly 90% of the world’s most advanced semiconductor chips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

To print a new material from scratch, one must typically set up to 100 parameters in software that controls how the printer will extrude the material as it fabricates an object.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024

“The memo fabricates Plaintiff Dr. Cassidy stating that the dog might not have died just from heat, but also perhaps from vomiting, and possibly from a preexisting condition.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2023

Yet at the end of every date, she fabricates reasons Jo can’t come into her apartment.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

Nobody knows, but popular imagination with its terrible powers of invention and precision, readily fabricates or welcomes a murderous phrase.

From The French Revolution - Volume 1 by John Durand

He had denied the allegations, telling the jury that he believed them to be fabricated.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Finally, the scientists used a tiny, specially fabricated oven to evaporate molecules onto the cold crystal, allowing them to settle on the clean surface.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Geese were always an odd band to pin to anxieties about fabricated culture — if a label had resources and abilities to manufacture stars, why not do it for a 100x-hyperscaling pop act instead?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Fort Irwin fighting climaxed with a predawn attack on a fabricated city, Razish, a relic of training for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

WorldCom and Global Crossing fabricated billions of dollars in revenues to pump up their stock prices.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Musk also offered Trumpian prose: “Gutless Gibney’s fatal flaw of fabricating a false film.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Singh worked with Jyoti Katoch, an associate professor of physics who specializes in fabricating devices from such materials.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

Meanwhile, the fallout from James Frey’s blockbuster memoir A Million Little Pieces, after he was accused of fabricating elements of his life story, was rippling through the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

He has previously accused Russian authorities of "fabricating new pretexts to restrict Russians' access to Telegram".

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Madame Manec brings her omelets, cassoulet, brochettes of fish, fabricating miracles out of ration tickets and the dregs of her cupboards, but Marie-Laure refuses to eat.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr


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