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made-up

adjective as in invented mentally

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Part of the book’s purpose was also to “set the record straight,” having had to navigate so many “made-up stories” about her own life, especially when she and Fred withdrew from the public eye.

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Penelope forgot her worries and laughed out loud at what she saw inside: four freshly made-up cots, lined up in a row.

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All this disappeared from the public discourse in favor of a made-up story about Russia.

Barker said she struggled to come up with details because “it was all made-up stuff.”

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The bill being vague and founded on the “made-up criteria” of the senators who authored it threatens the health and lives of far more people than those who elect to terminate their pregnancies, she said.

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

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