fictitious
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You couldn’t ask for a better example of the nature of fictitious capital and the kind of person it’s selecting for.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Then scammers typically pile on pressure, adding voices claiming to be attorneys, courtroom clerks or bank tellers -- a cast of fictitious characters in a chaotic, urgent-sounding call.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Danielle, “Rooster” takes place at a fictitious college.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
Ms. Clark stages smart, probing explorations of an upbringing marked by waiting and repetition, in which the notion of growth appears fictitious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
After tea he wandered off on the pretense of carrying out some fictitious task.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Vocabulary lists containing fictitious
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