fictionalize

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“Hacks” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” successfully fictionalize such frustrations, as the tribute acknowledges by opening with “Hacks” star Jean Smart’s pre-recorded reflections on the late comedian’s influence.

From Salon • May 14, 2025

“We just decided, ‘We’re not going to fictionalize the Valley.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2022

Moriarty and Jaci supply each other writing prompts, while claiming first dibs on real-life anecdotes they wish to fictionalize.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2021

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)