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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
For much of his career, Skarsgård has gravitated toward characters who weaponize physical presence — Vikings, tech titans and mythic brutes whose power is immediately legible.
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
The mythical off-piste route covers 12 miles with 8,858 feet of descent and requires a guide.
—Jen Murphy, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
But insofar as that identity was largely and intentionally anchored in whiteness, many of the real stories—just as mythic, just as legendary—went untold or ignored, simply because the heroes didn’t have the right skin color.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Mount Ida owes much of its fame to the work of Homer and his epic poem, 'The Iliad,' where the mountain is the setting for several mythical events.
—Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2026
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
The mythical off-piste route covers 12 miles with 8,858 feet of descent and requires a guide.
—Jen Murphy, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
But insofar as that identity was largely and intentionally anchored in whiteness, many of the real stories—just as mythic, just as legendary—went untold or ignored, simply because the heroes didn’t have the right skin color.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Mount Ida owes much of its fame to the work of Homer and his epic poem, 'The Iliad,' where the mountain is the setting for several mythical events.
—Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mythical
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Jessie Buckley, Jacobi Jupe and Paul Mescal put Steven Spielberg to work as the legendary director snapped a picture of the trio.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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The film’s narrative kicks into gear when the legendary sun-shooting archer vanishes during a mission to rescue the dying sun, prompting Chang Er to embark on a perilous journey to the moon’s dark side alongside an earthbound bandit who crash-lands into her world.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
12 Jan. 2026
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Under the noonday sun while fishing, or stealing light from the full moon, the point of his pencil traced the imaginary movements of the washers, threads, coil springs, cylinders, bolts, and screws that had long enriched the workings of his mind.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Torgashev dropped an imaginary microphone for his ending pose, then doubled over before dropping to a knee as the crowd rose to its feet.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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That could mean the end for one of the most fabled department stores in history, whose flagship store on Fifth Avenue, considered by some to be its most valuable asset, has become a global destination.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
8 Jan. 2026
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Desperate for some way to heal herself, but especially for a family, Celia jumps at the chance to visit Kindred Cove and its fabled Salt Festival.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Jan. 2026
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As the voice of Rumi, Ejae performed the lead vocals of all the songs for HUNTR/X, the movie's fictional k-pop girl group that moonlights as demon hunters who protect the world from soul-sucking monsters.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Jan. 2026
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In the fictional story of the Shakespeare family, their family tragedy leads Shakespeare to write Hamlet.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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Anyone who’s survived to 2026 knows the upper class’ fictitious fantasies still carry real, wretched consequences for the rest of us, but Season 4 plays out those ongoing scenarios to the nth degree, while condensing them into an appreciable narrative arc.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 Jan. 2026
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The series, which premiered on Netflix at the end of 2024, tells the story of the Buendía family over multiple generations and is set in the fictitious town of Macondo, Colombia, which the family founded.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 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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Prompted by Einstein, the noncompliant witnesses in the 1950s reshaped the public discussion, refocusing the conversation on the importance of freedom of expression rather than the fears of imagined communist infiltration.—
Jodie Childers,
The Conversation,
20 Nov. 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 18 Jan. 2026.
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