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science fiction

[sahy-uhns fik-shuhn] / ˈsaɪ əns ˈfɪk ʃən /
NOUN
literary fantasy about future
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It’s more like the language of Robert A. Heinlein, who wrote science fiction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

It also has a commemorative silver tray Isro presented to the science fiction author Arthur C Clarke in 2007 on his 90th birthday.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

It may sound like something out of science fiction, but the discovery has very real implications for America’s ranchers and meat processors.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Their conversations moved from Gavalas’ ex-wife to an exploration of his interests, ranging from AI consciousness, to science fiction and nanotech.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

But in the meantime two scientists had developed a theory about HeLa that sounded far more like science fiction than anything Rifkin had come up with: HeLa, they said, was no longer human.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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