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fictionalize

[fik-shuh-nl-ahyz] / ˈfɪk ʃə nlˌaɪz /
VERB
fake
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But even daring to fictionalize some version of that atrocity raises “Andor” above other spinoffs.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2025

To turn that story into a feature film required Wilson-Cairns and Lindholm to fictionalize certain aspects and change some details.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2022

Seeking to cover 16 years in little more than two hours, they condense or flat-out fictionalize with a wink.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2021

Moriarty and Jaci supply each other writing prompts, while claiming first dibs on real-life anecdotes they wish to fictionalize.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2021

It was a means by which, if not to erase or delete memory, to splice it, to fictionalize it, and to some degree begin again; and yet he judged consciousness to be even less real.

From An Apostate: Nawin of Thais by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)




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