sci-fi
Example Sentences
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Its main task is economic development, plowing funds into real-estate projects pushed by the country's leadership, including sci-fi city Neom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Dan Fogelman’s latest TV series starring Sterling K. Brown and James Marsden is a mystery wrapped in a conspiracy wrapped in a sci-fi premise.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
In a totalitarian sci-fi world, a hammer thrown by a young athlete smashes a "Big Brother" figure declaiming to brainwashed citizens from a vast screen.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
One of them, XPrize & Singularity University founder and chair Peter H. Diamandis, just launched a $3.5 million fund to promote optimistic sci-fi films to counter the AI doomsday narrative.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
His neck called out to her like the tractor beam in one of those sci-fi movies her brother Juan was always watching.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.