as in lie
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
did you really see a bear, or are you telling us another one of your fairy tales?
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Recent Examples of fairy tale
Those who caught up with the Commanders’ fairy tale story in the playoffs might be surprised to learn that the roster isn’t fully formed.
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Ben Standig, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
And Ljubljana is a really quaint, charming city out of a fairy tale where everything is made of this grand stone in a fantastic architectural style.
—Billie Cohen, AFAR Media, 13 Feb. 2025
The musical is based on the fairy tale about a kind-hearted young woman who falls in love with the beast who has imprisoned her in an enchanted castle.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
But Cinderella is a fairy tale, so there is no original version.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
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Ben Standig, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
And Ljubljana is a really quaint, charming city out of a fairy tale where everything is made of this grand stone in a fantastic architectural style.
—Billie Cohen, AFAR Media, 13 Feb. 2025
The musical is based on the fairy tale about a kind-hearted young woman who falls in love with the beast who has imprisoned her in an enchanted castle.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
But Cinderella is a fairy tale, so there is no original version.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairy tale
Noun
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With overtime, the opportunity for avoidance lies in worker classification.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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If fiction is the crafting of lies, why are writers always being asked about the truth?—
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim,
The Dial,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Notably, there was zero mention of Baldoni or his company, Wayfarer Studios, which had brought on Sony to market and distribute their adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel about a woman caught up in an intertwining tale of new love and domestic abuse.—
Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Feb. 2025
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Icelandic helmer Baltasar Kormákur directed the first episode and was heavily involved in the series, which brings an historical tale of Harold, Earl of Wessex (Norton), and William, Duke of Normandy (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), to life.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2025
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Chris Malone Mendez,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Both episodes owe a big spiritual debt to Lost, which also liked to toggle back and forth between the main island story, its characters’ former lives, and all its weird mythology.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Fairy tale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairy%20tale. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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