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1
as in bizarre
conceived or made without regard for reason or reality
a fantastic scheme for getting rich quick
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2
as in romantic
excitingly or mysteriously unusual
to European explorers, the Far East was a fantastic land filled with unimaginable riches
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as in fictional
not real and existing only in the imagination
a science fiction writer who can conjure up fantastic worlds and make them seem as real as our own
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as in incredible
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
concocted some fantastic story to try to explain why they had returned home so late
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as in wonderful
fantastic
of the very best kind
surfing conditions were simply fantastic
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Damian Calhoun, Daily News, 6 Mar. 2026
Advertisement And despite efforts in the show to visually separate the virtual world from the offline world, Mi-rae’s life stays on the fantastical side of the K-drama spectrum.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
Spring break at home can be a fantastic opportunity for families to have fun and bond through creative activities.
—Nicole Harris, Parents, 5 Mar. 2026
This also doubles as a fantastic creative outlet for your business trip.
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The eccentric cast of characters around him match his energy nicely, particularly McGinley's genuinely bizarre Walter, whose manic energy is a frequent source of humor.—
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USA Today,
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Sometimes football throws up these bizarre twists of fate.—
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New York Times,
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Unrequited romantic feelings activate major cringe as Venus and Saturn align.—
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In a signal of how much pressure there was to do right by the beloved fictional couple, four endings were written and filmed.—
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The Irish Triangle may sound like a fictional, far-away land, but, luckily for Louisvillians, this magical corner of the Highlands is very real.—
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Well, the Santana band of course was just incredible.—
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They are known for their incredible kindness and hospitality, which says a lot given the centrality of hospitality to Iranian culture more broadly.—
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That’s why their new album, wonderful, leaves me a little cold.—
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3 Mar. 2026
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Varley’s elevation this season is a wonderful turn for Ashbourne, an icon of British film, TV, and theater who has long been one of Bridgerton’s most consistently comedic presences.—
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Characters speak in absurd double entendres no human being could leave unacknowledged.—
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5 Mar. 2026
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Instead, Trump will have won by simply refusing to tell a story at all, outside of Hegseth’s absurd football-coach talk.—
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The wartime setting may skew it towards an older audience, tapping into the boys’ own adventure comics of the ’50s and ’60s with titles like The Victor and The Hotspur, and despite the grimy industrial setting, there are even exotic shades of Sergio Leone’s spaghetti Westerns in its final showdown.—
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Venus’ connection to Uranus supports your interest or involvement in an esoteric or exotic community.—
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Nobody has ever called Brentford head coach Keith Andrews a magical or imaginary being.—
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5 Mar. 2026
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Circumpolar stars Astronomers use a common set of reference points to project Earth’s north and south poles, and the equator, onto the celestial sphere, an imaginary sphere encompassing the sky.—
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