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Adjective
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But coming up to it and seeing the smoke and seeing the fire department and the debris all over the road was just surreal.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025 -
Music Box Films has picked up North American distribution rights to By Design, writer-director Amanda Kramer’s surreal body-swap comedy that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
20 Aug. 2025
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The two-state solution is dead, has been for some time prior to October 7th, and has been made all the more illusory in its aftermath.—
Hussein Agha,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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The tariffs on Canada are illusory because most of the trade is still protected.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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These emails are loaded with deceptive links that lead to malware infections, and the consequences can be severe.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Match Group, the parent company of Match.com, Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, and PlentyOfFish, has agreed to pay $14 million to settle a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission about deceptive advertising practices.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Only one fictional character could draw attention away from Yankees-Red Sox: George Costanza.—
Larry Holder,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
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The jackalope is a fictional animal that originated in North America and is characterized by a rabbit with horns or antlers.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Clune writes of adolescence with specificity—there’s the annoying younger kid who wants to sit with Nick on the bus, the windows on the bus that open exactly two inches, the hallucinatory anticipation of a blue-raspberry slushie at 7-Eleven.—
Emily Witt,
New Yorker,
13 Aug. 2025
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Indeed, at times Mickey only seems to get sicker, while dad too suffers some hallucinatory and purgative pains.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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The trailer is the latest installment in the film’s unique marketing campaign, which has featured seemingly authentic advertisements for the fictitious Rental Family Agency’s unique services.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2025
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For security purposes, ministry members use pseudonyms, usually their first name and a fictitious last name, and all mail comes to the church address at 400 East Westminster in Lake Forest.—
Gina Grillo,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Human rights, utopias, interracial love, ambition, war and betrayal are the ingredients of this film crafted with archival images and an imaginary diary shot on 16mm film that expresses all the modernity of Cabral’s vision of the world.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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Another transforms her into the enigmatic hostess of an imaginary cabaret, a nod to her Broadway performance in 2014.—
Elizabeth Grace Coyne,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The notion of cutting the traditional pay-TV cord in order to save money seems downright fanciful given that signing up for even a modest handful of streaming services can easily result in a monthly tab equal to a cable bill.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
18 July 2025
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Former artistic director Victoria Morgan’s version of the story is appropriately fanciful and always has a few surprises tucked away, even for those of us who see it every year.—
David Lyman,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Daydreamlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydreamlike. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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