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Recent Examples of fictionalized
Dahmer, similarly, was accused of exploiting the murders in a fictionalized way that some believed even glorified him as a killer in some ways.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
My second pitch is a little more left-of-center and would involve Maher again playing a version of herself, albeit in a more fictionalized, rom-com narrative.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2024
One of the questions that Driver posed about defining love through a relationship — real or fictionalized — unearthed a playful and insightful answer.
—Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
My previous response was an attempt to provide a creative and fictionalized piece of trivia about Lincoln to add an interesting twist to the description.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
The comedy, which sees David playing a fictionalized and exaggerated version of himself, launched in 2000 and ran for eight seasons.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2023
The 30-minute film is based on true events and boasts fictionalized characters.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2023
Calderón and Larraín playfully recap Pinochet’s colorful fictionalized past, stretching back to his origins as a soldier in the army of Louis XVI, opportunistically switching sides during the French Revolution and collecting a souvenir from the guillotining of Marie Antoinette.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
The film stars Ana de Armas as the Hollywood icon and is based on Joyce Carol Oates’ 2000 novel, which takes a fictionalized look at Monroe’s inner life.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 11 Feb. 2022
Paul Tassi, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
My second pitch is a little more left-of-center and would involve Maher again playing a version of herself, albeit in a more fictionalized, rom-com narrative.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2024
One of the questions that Driver posed about defining love through a relationship — real or fictionalized — unearthed a playful and insightful answer.
—Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
My previous response was an attempt to provide a creative and fictionalized piece of trivia about Lincoln to add an interesting twist to the description.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
The comedy, which sees David playing a fictionalized and exaggerated version of himself, launched in 2000 and ran for eight seasons.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2023
The 30-minute film is based on true events and boasts fictionalized characters.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2023
Calderón and Larraín playfully recap Pinochet’s colorful fictionalized past, stretching back to his origins as a soldier in the army of Louis XVI, opportunistically switching sides during the French Revolution and collecting a souvenir from the guillotining of Marie Antoinette.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
The film stars Ana de Armas as the Hollywood icon and is based on Joyce Carol Oates’ 2000 novel, which takes a fictionalized look at Monroe’s inner life.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 11 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fictionalized
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Both my fictional White House staff and the viewing public recognized at the time that this was not President Bartlet’s finest hour.Martin Sheen, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
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The fictional community is said to have a population of about 600 people, but just 120 chairs were purchased for the ceremony, according to Tony Devenyi, the show’s production designer.Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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Is Eggers’s the scariest because I’m jaded and over-exposed to gory content of all sorts—fictitious or otherwise?Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
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To avoid legal repercussions, the crew constructed a series of fake foam tombstones to strategically block real ones, complete with fictitious names that jokingly nodded to the cast and crew.Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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While the exact rules of the Game of 20 generally remain unknown, researchers have previously proposed some hypothetical rules for one variant—the Ur game.Newsweek, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Another breed of hypothetical particle, axions are predicted to exist by quantum chromodynamics, which is our best quantum theory of the strong force that binds quarks together to form protons, neutrons and ultimately atomic nuclei.Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Cox had a reputation for yelling slurs at girls out of the window of his Chevy, an unsavory fact that ballooned into motive in speculative conversations.Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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These developments will likely work to mitigate risks of investing in a speculative asset, inviting more players into the market - and this is already happening.Trefis Team, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Fictionalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fictionalized. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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