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Recent Examples of fictive
So being connected, even this fictive version of reading the New York Times every day, that was part of that.
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Jason Simon, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
Set at the outbreak of World War I, this fictive tale of invading German forces wreaking havoc in the Belgian countryside depicts just one arena for violence in a conflict that would drag on for another four years.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Aug. 2024
But finally this fictive mystery doesn’t say much about homelessness or anything else, wasting its offbeat setting on a supernatural denouement that boasts two major twists.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 1 Aug. 2024
Relative or fictive caregivers can also apply to the Cabinet of Health and Family Services to become foster parents for a child removed from a home.
—Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2024
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Jason Simon, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
Set at the outbreak of World War I, this fictive tale of invading German forces wreaking havoc in the Belgian countryside depicts just one arena for violence in a conflict that would drag on for another four years.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Aug. 2024
But finally this fictive mystery doesn’t say much about homelessness or anything else, wasting its offbeat setting on a supernatural denouement that boasts two major twists.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 1 Aug. 2024
Relative or fictive caregivers can also apply to the Cabinet of Health and Family Services to become foster parents for a child removed from a home.
—Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fictive
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In the two years leading up to the July election, everyday life in Venezuela seemed to be improving, even if only in illusory, unsustainable ways.Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
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Trump, however, defends himself with illusory conspiracy theories, political propaganda, disinformation, misinformation, lies, and character assassination.Thomas Cangelosi, Hartford Courant, 15 Dec. 2024
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The actors and filmmaker discuss wrapping William S. Burroughs' life into the hallucinatory dream sequence.Nick Romano, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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Watch on Deadline Set over seven hallucinatory days, Harvest tells the story of a rural village community with no name, in an undefined time and place, that begins to break at the seams after the arrival of four strangers.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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This isn’t callousness or delusive optimism but, rather, a rebellion against the suffocating expectation that the elderly have foreclosed the possibility of joy.Hillary Kelly, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
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To separate art from its historical framework is futile, and to reject it in an effort to censor past violence is a delusive act of virtue signaling.WSJ, WSJ, 5 July 2022
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Your engagement is flat, ROI is nonexistent, and resources are strained.Shanna Apitz, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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When Starbucks opened its first shop in China in 1999, tea dominated and coffee culture was practically nonexistent.Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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That will in turn spread on social media, which often plays a disproportional role in boosting these disinformation efforts by providing nearly unlimited platforms for unfiltered content and fallacious and deceptive claims.Peter Suciu, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The law is intended to protect consumers from false advertising or deceptive practices, which the suit claims applies to the promotion of women's sports that may include transgender participants.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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As the knife drew closer, Jennings, whose back was to the camera, turned around and leapt back in feigned terror.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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If responding to questions with feigned but believable thoughtfulness was all that mattered, Lindsey Graham would be President.Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Fictive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fictive. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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