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An assortment of politicians and watchdog groups have expressed concern about campaigns using generative AI to produce deepfakes – synthetic videos showing people doing things they did not do – that might deceive voters.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026

The Salk researchers further showed that synthetic forms of vitamin D, including paricalcitol, could block liver fibrosis and pancreatitis in experimental models.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

One California law firm says yes, and has filed a barrage of lawsuits this year, targeting hotels in California and elsewhere over synthetic fragrances in common areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Randles added: "Once you've knitted with it and washed it, it drapes beautifully whereas sometimes when you knitting with synthetic it doesn't drape but this stuff does."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Within the ranks of his arcane field—an advanced technology called synthetic aperture radar, or SAR—he is an eminence.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Pro-kratom groups like the American Kratom Association are pushing for bans against synthetics "posing as natural kratom".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The contract allows for limited use of synthetics, under "unusual circumstances," when a generative AI system can be used to create a character who is not based on any actual person in the world.

From Barron's ● May 30, 2026

Some clothes are made of a blend of natural cotton and synthetics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026

Subsequent synthetics display a range of temperaments, from Lance Henriksen’s Bishop, realistic enough to pass for human, to Michael Fassbender’s David 8, the earliest Weyland-Yutani invention to achieve a lifelike version of artificial intelligence.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2025

Without synthetics, processed foods like TV dinners just can’t be manufactured.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan