fictive
Example Sentences
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No doubt Russo and his fictive alter-ego have heard the popular prescriptions for curing arrested development—empathy, vulnerability, emotional intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
“The Unfolding” felt authentic because its fictive characters interact with real people.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2022
One pathway for change is identifying and funding more opportunities to place youths with relatives or fictive kin — people with whom they have social, not familial, ties.
From Washington Post • May 27, 2022
Jerry West demanded a retraction and an apology from HBO over the overheated, fictive way he is depicted.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2022
Hiram S. Campbell was the fictive owner of Holmes’s Englewood building.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing fictive
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