chimeras

plural of chimera

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Noun
  • Audience online have embraced the musical's campy humor, jaw-dropping stage illusions and sing-along score, with bootleg of the production going viral on TikTok and YouTube.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This is a month that asks you to cut through illusions and create a sense of structure where chaos has otherwise ruled the roost.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After escaping the Grabber’s (Ethan Hawke) clutches and putting his killing spree to a permanent end in The Black Phone, Finney investigates a winter camp with his younger sister Gwen (Madeleine McGraw), who’s had visions of the killer stalking three young boys from beyond the grave.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2025
  • As natural disasters erupt, Virginia flees Detroit with her son Joshua, guided by visions that suggest her child is central to an ancient prophecy.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • One of them was Segar, his former coworker, who was in the middle of his workday and didn’t have the bandwidth to engage with Jon’s fantasies about a cataclysmic event.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Likewise, be careful about major purchases, because an element of confusion, along with possible deceit (including fantasies of grandeur), might cloud your thinking.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Such dreams of prosperity are only permitted for so long.
    Dan Duggan, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • There's no shortage of viewers who, upon watching the film as a child, saw Dracula in both their nightmares and dreams.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ellen retreats to her room and daydreams of her father, who understood his headstrong daughter.
    Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • In the Netflix dramedy Too Much, a brokenhearted American, Jess, makes the move across the pond, inspired in part by daydreams of stately castles, rolling green hills and dashing gentlemen professing their ardent admiration.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Chimeras.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chimeras. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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