her claim that she had been a nurse during the war proved to be a total fabrication
the notion that the Colossus of Rhodes could straddle the harbor was a fabrication of medieval writers
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Email newsletter | Facebook page Our rating: False The statement is a fabrication.—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025 This lustrous golden brown has a certain elegance and translates well to fabrications with sheens.—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 6 Feb. 2025 More than a decade ago, during the early stages of graphene development, some preliminary reports found that graphene flakes are toxic to live cells, mainly because of their size and the chemical doping used in the fabrication of certain types of graphene.—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2025 This is mainly the case because what's being peddled by these champions of freedom is spin, self-serving falsity, and whole-cloth fabrications.—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for fabrication
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Etymology
Middle English fabricacionne, borrowed from Latin fabricātiōn-, fabricātiō, from fabricāre, fabricārī "to fashion, shape, construct" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at fabricate
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