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fiction

[fik-shuhn] / ˈfɪk ʃən /


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"Throughout an extraordinary lifetime devoted entirely to artistic creation, Kusama pursued an internationally acclaimed career as a pioneering avant-garde artist whose creative practice encompassed visual art, performance, fiction, and poetry," it said.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

She mixes fact and fiction into these mirages of reality where it doesn’t matter whether things are true or false.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

“I think it’s a fiction that people are sitting on assets,” said Natalie Kean, managing director of health policy for Justice in Aging, an advocacy group.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

In her memoir, “A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving,” Ms. Eubanks recalls that in the years after the attack, she scoured the literature on PTSD, from clinical studies and self-help texts to autobiography and fiction.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Given to mystical preoccupations, this android proposed the group escape attempt, underwriting it ideologically with a pretentious fiction as to the sacredness of so-called android “life.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

He will burrow down even deeper, likely retreating even further into his fictions and fantasies.

From Salon Jun. 2, 2026

These fictions may take a variety of forms.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

Importantly, and often understated, tokenized equities remain tied to the traditional financial-asset universe; they are not “crypto-only” fictions but rather a bridge between legacy asset classes and blockchain infrastructure.

From MarketWatch Feb. 19, 2026

The suit, filed Wednesday in the US state of Delaware, said Owens has been spreading "outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions".

From BBC Jul. 23, 2025

Yet the fact is that no animal other than Sapiens engages in trade, and all the Sapiens trade networks about which we have detailed evidence were based on fictions.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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