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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
The historic archives of Iceland that contain its mythic past.
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Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
Now, able to soar, the bald eagle riding the horse's back spreads its wings and takes off, making the Clydesdale briefly look like a mythical pegasus.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
At one point in the 60-second commercial, which will air during NBC’s February 8 telecast of Super Bowl LX, the horse jumps over an obstacle as the bird, riding on his back, spreads its wings, making the animal look like the mythical Pegasus.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
The book begins by the deathbed of an elderly sister whose two remaining sisters have a falling out over cake—the kind of domestic spat that becomes mythic and completely unspecific, the details lost in a lingering fog of resentment.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2026
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Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
Now, able to soar, the bald eagle riding the horse's back spreads its wings and takes off, making the Clydesdale briefly look like a mythical pegasus.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
At one point in the 60-second commercial, which will air during NBC’s February 8 telecast of Super Bowl LX, the horse jumps over an obstacle as the bird, riding on his back, spreads its wings, making the animal look like the mythical Pegasus.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
The book begins by the deathbed of an elderly sister whose two remaining sisters have a falling out over cake—the kind of domestic spat that becomes mythic and completely unspecific, the details lost in a lingering fog of resentment.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mythical
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At the world premiere of Margot Robbie's buzzy new adaptation of Wuthering Heights, the Australian actress paid tribute to Elizabeth Taylor's legendary Hollywood romance with Richard Burton by donning Taylor's iconic Cartier Taj Mahal necklace on the red carpet.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Jan. 2026
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Over the years, the Liechtenstein and her husband, Prince Alexander von Liechtenstein, reportedly spent millions restoring and modernizing the various buildings, following an earlier renovation by the legendary designer Renzo Mongiardino.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
30 Jan. 2026
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The bottom three stars can then be used to point the way to the Andromeda galaxy, by following an imaginary line from the 'base' of the stellar triangle up through the bright star Shedar and beyond, as shown in the finder map above.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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In demonstrating the technology to CalMatters, using an imaginary 56-year-old female patient who complained of trouble breathing, Scope asked several follow-up questions to drill down on her symptoms.—
Cal Matters,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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O’Hara was one of several prominent performers to emerge from the fabled Second City improv comedy troupe in Toronto, alongside Martin Short, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, and Eugene Levy.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2026
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It’s been 43 years, 17 albums, and 32 member changes since Dave Mustaine was kicked out of Metallica, the fabled schism that galvanized the thrash-metal pioneer to form his own band.—
Eli Enis,
Pitchfork,
26 Jan. 2026
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This could even include being part of a role-play activity that is based on their favorite storyline, a nostalgic scene or even a fictional world.—
Ramsey Qubein,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Featuring Tim McGraw, Eric Church, and Morgan Wallen, the song finds each artist inhabiting a specific member of the landowning (fictional) McArthur family.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2026
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Comulate also invented a fictitious insurance agent named Jordan Bates, who purported to work for PBC and who interacted with Applied Systems salespeople through email (with a Phoenix Benefits email domain) to create a customer account on Applied’s Epic.—
John Hyatt,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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In a comparable case in the United States in 2023, a federal judge imposed $5,000 fines on two lawyers and a law firm after ChatGPT was blamed for their submission of fictitious legal research in an aviation injury claim.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Del Col’s imagined protagonist is Pierre, a French bakery assistant who learns Hitler is his biological father.—
Rosemary Counter,
Vanity Fair,
19 Jan. 2026
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Taken together, the books on this list show narrators real and imagined grappling with some of life’s greatest challenges, and nevertheless surviving—as timely and valuable a message as readers can ask for.—
Lucy Feldman,
Time,
9 Dec. 2025
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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 5 Feb. 2026.
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