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fictionalized

VERB
fake
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Perrotti said the scene is fictionalized but mirrors a similar experience they had early in their own relationship.

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

Before this, Irving had begun his project of myth-building with a mischievously fictionalized history of New York published under the name Diedrich Knickerbocker—a pseudonym that lives on with the city’s basketball team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

The rest, including “Love Story,” created by Connor Hines and executive produced by Ryan Murphy, is fictionalized storytelling.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

And though Grove would eventually release a fictionalized version called The Years of Fear, the original historical account was never published.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann



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