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adjective

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as in manufactured

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as in fictitious

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verb

past tense of fabricate
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as in produced
to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials with a few inexpensive materials from a craft shop, we were able to fabricate our own holiday wreath

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as in concocted
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination fabricated a daring plan to create an underground explosion that would take the enemy totally by surprise

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as in constructed
to form by putting together parts or materials the house was essentially fabricated at the factory and then shipped to the site for assembly

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as in lied
to make a statement one knows to be untrue since he didn't have a good excuse for not having done his homework, he would have to fabricate one

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Recent Examples of fabricated
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Achieving incredible data transmission speed The researcher fabricated the device using a 300-millimeter silicon-on-insulator manufacturing process. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026 Cooke samples an absorbing range of hoaxes, from the college students who convinced the world that an imaginary Scotsman had invented the electric toaster to the Chinese housewife who fabricated an entire war out of boredom. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026 Both are obviously fabricated, but neither of the candidates depicted is amused. — Max Raskin, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2026 The image is then precision-fabricated into a 3D model that’s finished by hand — all for $2,200, about the national average of an actual wedding gown. — Ari Stark, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026 Davis’ attorney argued to the jury that the memoir was merely an attempt to sell books and that Davis fabricated his role in Shakur’s death. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Security researchers at Malwarebytes are warning about a personalized text scam that uses fabricated Facebook Marketplace listings with the recipient's name as the seller. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Furthermore, the cases rely heavily on anonymous plea-bargain testimony and on reports that some police officials have acknowledged are fabricated or based on uncorroborated evidence. — James Wagner, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2026 Black, who is a vice president at a software development company, is aware that chatbots sometimes hallucinate — that's when chatbots respond to prompts with false, misleading or fabricated answers. — Maham Javaid, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fabricated
  1. manufactured
  2. fictitious
  3. produced
  4. concocted
  5. constructed
  6. lied
  7. fictional
  8. made
Adjective
  • Sutley, a structural engineer at the University of Kansas, has brought manufactured homes, which were once called mobile homes, to Miami to destroy them.
    — Daniel Wolfe, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Once cleaned and prepared, the shells can be deployed in restoration sites as loose shells, in bags, or within manufactured wire reefs.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of manufactured
Adjective
  • This Lincolnian view of the war—that the United States was perpetual and that the Confederate States of America was a fictitious, farcical nation—has led to various historical interpretations ever since, among historians and laypeople alike.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The series will be set in a fictitious Barneys in Beverly Hills, not New York, and the real founding family of the retailer, the Pressman family, has no involvement, the spokesperson said.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of fictitious
Verb
  • Co-produced by John Congleton, the record swaps synth-pop for gutter-punk, with distorted guitars and clattering surf riffs as its weapons of choice.
    — Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Not coincidentally, Seattle converted 11 of 16 third-down situations and amassed 410 yards — nearly double what the Chiefs produced (213).
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of produced
Verb
  • These accusations are utter nonsense, concocted from distortions, half-truths and lies.
    — Kathleen Parker, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The White Sox concocted a creative playing style that blended elements of old-school small ball with home-run power.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of concocted
Verb
  • In a statement posted on X, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stood in front of a bulldozer near the site of the shootout and promised Israel would tear down Palestinian buildings constructed without permits in the area.
    — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The upper is constructed of a gray mesh with matching suede overlays and translucent TPU side panels.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of constructed
Verb
  • But in interviews with the House Judiciary Committee in 2023, both of them allegedly lied about their knowledge and involvement in those investigations.
    — Ryan Lucas, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
  • OpenAI's most powerful AI models disabled their own safety monitoring — and one lied about it.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of lied
Adjective
  • The latest season, currently being aired, depicts a fictional Chinese intelligence agency capturing and torturing some of the Japanese spies.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
  • To make the investigation personal, Ashton is using the cheerleaders’ photos as suspect pictures, while co-captain Mackenzie has supplied fun facts for their fictional police statements.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of fictional
Verb
  • In a statement, district officials stated the cancellation was made considering sensitive themes in the musical, including an abusive relationship and romantic storylines, the Star-Telegram previously reported.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The fact that Haslem became a mentor for Adebayo and developed a close friendship with him during their six seasons as Heat teammates made the moment especially meaningful.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
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