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fictionalized

VERB
fake
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Also, apparently, a fine pitch for a series, with the two men playing fictionalized versions of themselves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Prosecutors allege that Matar was motivated by a fatwa that Ayatollah Khomeini, then leader of Iran, issued in 1989 following Rushdie's depiction of a fictionalized Prophet Muhammad in his novel "The Satanic Verses."

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

With independent reading, memoirs are big, like “Crying in H Mart” and Sylvia Plath’s fictionalized “The Bell Jar.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

That doesn’t mean there isn’t anything to be learned from true history or its fictionalized version dressed up in dragons and magic.

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026

Mother tells me you have given up on the tribal art book and are pleased with this one, a sort of fictionalized travelogue?

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


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