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fictional

[fik-shuhn-l] / ˈfɪk ʃən l /


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But this is all fictional, or notional if you want to be polite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The fictional Async is merely following the same trajectory.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

Francesca Fiorentini, a comedian and podcaster, compared Steyer to Charles Dickens’ fictional miser Ebenezer Scrooge.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Originally published in 1988, Rivals is the second of Cooper's hugely successful Rutshire Chronicles, a series of books that chronicle the lives of English upper and upper-middle classes in a fictional area of the Cotswolds.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Battle Cry’s Tania was fictional, but there were real women like her.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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