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as in exotic
excitingly or mysteriously unusual
she dreamed of meeting a tall, romantic stranger who would introduce her to a life of adventure
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as in impractical
having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality
a workshop intended to disabuse would-be innkeepers of the romantic notion that running a bed-and-breakfast is easy
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as in dreamer
one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world
she's a hopeless romantic who believes that her one true love is somewhere waiting to be found
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Recent Examples of romantic
Cynthia J Drake,
Southern Living,
20 June 2026
After four years, Elisha Cuthbert has ended her onscreen hiatus with Prime Video’s latest romantic drama series.
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Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
19 June 2026
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
But the old romantic in us still tries.
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Literary Hub,
31 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
The restaurant has an upstairs dining room that's perfect for a romantic dinner, sunset views included.
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Cynthia J Drake,
Southern Living,
20 June 2026
After four years, Elisha Cuthbert has ended her onscreen hiatus with Prime Video’s latest romantic drama series.
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Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
19 June 2026
Noun
But Venegas’ parents were artists above all — photographers specifically, a trade now plied by Yvonne — and as such, romantics at heart and in practice.
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Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
But the old romantic in us still tries.
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Literary Hub,
31 Mar. 2026
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Juan Carlos, owner of J&C Handcrafted Culture, sells hand-painted and sculpted Mexican pottery as well as exotic plants.
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One to have in all your exotic wagers.
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The firm at one earlier point had reportedly offered a service to screen against low intelligence in human embryos, which is a highly controversial and perhaps impractical idea.
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Pretty, functional storage solutions are the perfect antidote to impractical minimalism.
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For generations, Chicago has thrived because dreamers could make it here with little to their name and make something of themselves, and the bus is a prime way to do so.
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Before her death in 1993, Mabel McKay — one of the last living dreamers of the Pomo Indian people — shared a prophecy while driving through the Sonoma hills.
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Informal Beyblade battles are popping up in strangest of places, with players huddling in parks, gyms and shopping malls.
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The falseness of the medium, though, jibed with the falseness of most attempts, throughout American history, to make sense of this enormous, strange man.
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Chan stars as idealistic rookie officer Shih-Ting, while veteran actor Cheng portrays Hou, a pragmatic policeman approaching retirement.
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The first stretch of the film centers on co-founder Ilya Sutskever (Yura Borisov), the idealistic scientific mind behind the company, before the boardroom power struggle takes over.
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Dick Van Dyke, so many marvelous people.
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The sumptuous production, directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson with solidarity for Cleage’s characters, provides a marvelous showcase for Woodward to slink around on Beowulf Boritt’s glamorous five-star set in costume designer Emilio Sosa’s inspired Pucci-esque outfits.
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Southgate’s confident assertion that the tide of history was turning against bigotry now looks utopian, or even naïve.
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Le Guin depicts an alternative society much like humanity, but with one notable, utopian contingent.
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The shorts, typically held in black-and-white and directed by Ivan Zachariáš, debut during the opening ceremony of the film fest in the picturesque Czech spa town.
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With its glorious views and picturesque harbor, Whitby is the antithesis of gothic horror.
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“Romantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/romantic. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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