as in romantic
having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality
a quixotical attempt to bring live theater to a generation hooked on video games
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During the podcast, Paris revealed that the pair's relationship began to break down six months before their eventual split amid fan speculation about a romantic relationship between Powell and Sweeney.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
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The season concludes on a romantic and hopeful note for Noah and Joanne.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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If there’s a force majeure clause in the new rights contracts that allows the NBA’s media partners to temporarily halt running sportsbook ads when an unforeseeable event makes such airings impractical, it’s hidden under a tide of black ink.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Robots have become indispensable in environments where high radiation or structural complexity makes human intervention dangerous or impractical.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Broadly fighting wind power statewide with a 12-mile-wide brush may be, in this mindset, the definition of quixotic.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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That a war was on, or latent, or menacing during the whole shooting period set the quixotic mood in which most of the obstacles were confronted.—
Susan Sontag,
Vogue,
26 Oct. 2025
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In a similar vein, pardon the pun, comes this Frank Wildhorn gothic musical about a Victorian-era doctor with two personalities, one an idealistic doctor, the other an evil murderer.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
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Set in the Deep South, the film follows Coach Walt McFadden, played by Michael Mosley (Ozark), a talented but idealistic assistant coach at Louisiana University who’s out of second chances.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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Most Tanzanians, nearly 60 percent, are under 26, and their priorities are economic rather than ideological.—
Danish Manzoor Bhat,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Other activists operate on ideological grounds.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Quixotical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quixotical. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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