her claim that she had been a nurse during the war proved to be a total fabrication
the notion that the Colossus of Rhodes could straddle the harbor was a fabrication of medieval writers
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The fabrication spun out of control when a detective, armed with photos of potential suspects, asked Gumpright to point to the culprit.—Sara Cline, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025 Greenland is rich in minerals important to the fabrication of military and high-tech goods, and, as Arctic ice melts, sea lanes alongside it are expected to become more important for global shipping.—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 May 2025 Creating precision patterns on living organisms is challenging because the latter require very specific conditions in order to thrive, while fabrication techniques typically require harsh environments—the use of corrosive chemicals, for instance, vacuum conditions, or high radiation.—ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2025 Many of the pro-Modi posts turned out to be crude fabrications.—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fabrication
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Etymology
Middle English fabricacionne, borrowed from Latin fabricātiōn-, fabricātiō, from fabricāre, fabricārī "to fashion, shape, construct" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at fabricate
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