fabrication
Americannoun
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the act or process of fabricating; manufacture.
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something fabricated, especially an untruthful statement.
His account of the robbery is a complete fabrication.
Related Words
See fiction.
Etymology
Origin of fabrication
First recorded in 1475–1500; from Latin fabricātiōn- (stem of fabricātiō ). See fabricate, -ion
Example Sentences
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For instance, Tata Electronics was in talks last June with global semiconductor companies to buy a fabrication or outsourced semiconductor assembly or test plant in Malaysia, Indian and Malaysian news reports said at the time.
From Barron's
As good as these models are at sounding like an all-knowing person, they also regularly make believable, authoritatively-worded fabrications known as hallucinations.
From Barron's
Father said he must have gone to the country to finish his latest book, an act of fabrication that was a stretch even for a dressmaker.
From Literature
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In January, the Iranian government called reports by foreign media organisations that Soltani faced execution a "blatant act of news fabrication".
From BBC
This proposed statement was forwarded by Andrew for Epstein to see - and Epstein's comments back were to emphasise that this was all a "fabrication" and to "distance me from any of this if you can".
From BBC
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