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fictionalize

verb as in fake

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Orlean is one of the New Yorker’s most high-profile writers, having been portrayed by Meryl Streep in “Adaptation,” a heavily fictionalized version of her book “The Orchid Thief.”

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“I have a fictionalized version of my recovery” because people want so many details of what happened—and want a happy ending, he wrote.

“He was serious and thoughtful about his career, not bitter but not exuberant either,” said Waldman, who ended up writing a musical based on a fictionalized version of the Headhunters.

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An emotionally raw, fictionalized account of William Shakespeare and his wife grieving the loss of their young son, “Hamnet” won Toronto’s People’s Choice Award on Sunday, making it Zhao’s second movie to take that honor.

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A fictionalized movie about the trial of 16 German jurists and lawyers who served the Nazis, it drove home the criticism of ends-oriented judging.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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