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1
as in legendary
based on, described in, or being a myth
for years the Spanish conquistadors searched for the mythical El Dorado, a place of unimaginable riches
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as in imaginary
not real and existing only in the imagination
the mythical unicorn
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Recent Examples of mythical
To be sung, and now written, about was to achieve a kind of mythic divinity.
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Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
The calm shatters when a local boy is found drowned near the mythical island of Svärtan.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
The mythic dimension may be missing here, but Holmes darkly captivates within the narrower compass of this energizing revival.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
The film feels personal, but also mythic.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
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Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
The calm shatters when a local boy is found drowned near the mythical island of Svärtan.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
The mythic dimension may be missing here, but Holmes darkly captivates within the narrower compass of this energizing revival.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
The film feels personal, but also mythic.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mythical
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Begel's contentious relationship with Bart Starr while the Hall of Famer coached the Green Bay Packers became legendary.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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The apocalypse Rosi presents is not just the legendary one that destroyed the ancient Roman town of the film’s title but an ongoing one that encompasses the calamities of our modern era as well as the rejuvenation that sometimes accompanies destruction.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Nobody has ever called Brentford head coach Keith Andrews a magical or imaginary being.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
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.—
Vahe Peroomian,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2026
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Maximizing product potential, Robinson generated several sequels to Young Guns, Major League and Ace Ventura and in 1990 revived a fabled spooky franchise with The Exorcist III, followed by three other films and a Fox series reboot.—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Mar. 2026
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The company, which is valued at $5 billion, is based in a glass-and-steel office building near the fabled intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Amanda Hancock,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Mar. 2026
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To ventriloquize one’s parent is a bold move, and fictitious Barbara would absolutely read it as a betrayal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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Who wants to sit through a fictitious novelist’s clumsy drafts?—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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However, because of its relatively remote location, lack of infrastructure, and the economic realities of the time, the imagined city never came to fruition.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
3 Mar. 2026
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Both are beatless, widescreen, and almost formless, little soundtracks to an imagined world in bloom.—
Alex Robert Ross,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
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Peter [Merry] likes to use is that, when a caterpillar is becoming a butterfly, new ‘imaginal cells’ emerge.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Aug. 2025
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With one technique, for example—called imaginal exposure—you might be asked to visualize the process of going to the airport, boarding the plane, and experiencing a bad bout of turbulence.—
Angela Haupt,
TIME,
10 May 2024
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“Mythical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mythical. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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