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as in allegorical
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Recent Examples of mythological
Starring John Krasinski and Natalie Portman as estranged siblings reuniting to search for the mythological spring, the film is the sort of mindless, glossy entertainment tailor-made for streaming, even if its large-scale action sequences and exciting locations would look great on the big screen.
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Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
Every evening, a light and digital art program metamorphoses the club, which drips in tapestries, plush gold and green tones, and monumental mosaics of mythological creatures.
—Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Later on, it was renamed after the Titans, a group of Greek mythological beings.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 12 May 2025
For years, tales of giant squids roaming the ocean depths lived mostly in folklore and maritime legends — dismissed as mythological creatures without solid scientific backing.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
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Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
Every evening, a light and digital art program metamorphoses the club, which drips in tapestries, plush gold and green tones, and monumental mosaics of mythological creatures.
—Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Later on, it was renamed after the Titans, a group of Greek mythological beings.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 12 May 2025
For years, tales of giant squids roaming the ocean depths lived mostly in folklore and maritime legends — dismissed as mythological creatures without solid scientific backing.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mythological
Adjective
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The industrial workspace in the film functions as a compelling allegorical backdrop for broader societal issues.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 May 2025
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In the old allegorical star atlases, Virgo is holding a spike of wheat where Spica glows, evidently representing the harvest time which occurs in mid-October when the sun is passing that bright star.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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But what were his motivations for the sculptural cut that reduced the body by a third, literally disabling all of the fetish’s functions except for those of its primary feature, the design, thereby intensifying it, endowing it even with an imaginary, almost futuristic acceleration?—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Dairy farmers should not be the villains in an imaginary climate change narrative - they should be respected as part of the backbone of our state's rural economy and heritage.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Retreat a little over a week and all that would have felt nothing more than a fanciful dream.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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At first glance, these styles can appear more fanciful than everyday, but there’s a way to combine the runway and the routine.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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Yet in the past, intimate scenes in theater, film and television were rarely treated with the same mindfulness as a make-believe duel.—
Julie Hinds,
Detroit Free Press,
17 Mar. 2023
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The internet provided a fertile new stage for my proclivity for make-believe.—
Kira Homsher,
Longreads,
14 Mar. 2023
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Set on the fictional New England island of New Penzance in the 1960s, Sam (Jared Gilman), an emotionally disturbed orphan, and Suzy (Kara Hayward), a sophisticated, yet troubled girl in the vein of Margot Tenenbaum, long to grow up and get away from the chaos that surrounds them.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
30 May 2025
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Artificial intelligence, virtual reality, self-driving cars — these were all fictional concepts that have since crossed the threshold from imagination to innovation.—
Dete Meserve,
Space.com,
29 May 2025
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“Mythological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mythological. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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