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also chimeric
as in fantastical
not real and existing only in the imagination
for the time being, interplanetary travel remains a chimerical feature of life in the 21st century
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Recent Examples of chimerical
The contrast is powerful, drawing attention to the chimerical nature of her quest.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Doing so risks indulging the chimerical hope that once liberal democracy has spread throughout the world, strategic competition will end and the United States can peacefully collaborate with like-minded states in a secure globe.
—Elbridge Colby, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2020
The competition in both can be fierce, and the rewards can be chimerical, to put it gently.
—Max Winter, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
Claims made for the abilities or perils of AI chatbots have often turned out to be mistaken or chimerical.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Doing so risks indulging the chimerical hope that once liberal democracy has spread throughout the world, strategic competition will end and the United States can peacefully collaborate with like-minded states in a secure globe.
—Elbridge Colby, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2020
The competition in both can be fierce, and the rewards can be chimerical, to put it gently.
—Max Winter, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
Claims made for the abilities or perils of AI chatbots have often turned out to be mistaken or chimerical.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chimerical
Adjective
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This relic of constitutional law, which the Supreme Court hasn’t taken seriously since its quiet death in the New Deal era, is more mythical than historical—holding, more or less, that Congress cannot delegate its lawmaking power to another branch of government.—
Cristian Farias,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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This name originates from a Greek myth. Eunice: Another historic Greek name, the mythical Eunice was the sea-nymph daughter of Nereus and Doris.—
Lydia Wang,
Parents,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In addition to retiring the mortgage early, the move would save our fictitious borrower $46,920.89 in interest.—
Gary Sandler,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2025
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Between February and August 2022, prosecutors say Santos used her credit card repeatedly, attributing donations to her, her daughter, or fictitious names.—
Jason Volack,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Bad Summer People, which has drawn comparisons to The White Lotus, is set in the idyllic fictional town of Salcombe, Fire Island, and follows a sequence of life shattering events when a body is discovered off the side of the boardwalk.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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Nowhere is this attention to detail more felt than in the production design of the studio itself, which is intended to emulate great legacy companies like Paramount and Warner Bros., the latter of which stands in for the series’ fictional Continental Studios in exterior scenes.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Chimerical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chimerical. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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