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Recent Examples of mythological
Both Leader and Walton’s works saw a rise in popularity in the 70s as many women became interested in pagan religions, which often depicted female mythological figures as powerful and complex.
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Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Two of the teens had developed an interest in mythology after reading the Percy Jackson series, which helped drive our decision to visit the island of Delos (the mythological birthplace of Apollo and Artemis) during our time in Mykonos.
—Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Instead of staggering, these mythological creatures would hop, and their method of attack was to steal a person’s lifeforce, or qi.
—Tom Duszynski, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
The slaying of the serpent was a mythological superspreader, mutating and proliferating across the Indo-European world and beyond.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Two of the teens had developed an interest in mythology after reading the Percy Jackson series, which helped drive our decision to visit the island of Delos (the mythological birthplace of Apollo and Artemis) during our time in Mykonos.
—Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Instead of staggering, these mythological creatures would hop, and their method of attack was to steal a person’s lifeforce, or qi.
—Tom Duszynski, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
The slaying of the serpent was a mythological superspreader, mutating and proliferating across the Indo-European world and beyond.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mythological
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In retrospect, Kinetta feels like a dry run for Lanthimos, with all the droll affectation of his later provocations but little of the allegorical power or lunatic comedy that would distinguish them.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Within the pages of the allegorical book, books bring soulmates together, and this intriguing read asks readers to ponder the nature of influence and accountability.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Voyager 1's approximate position lies half way along the imaginary line connecting these two stellar giants.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Not all the scares and frights and bumps in the night are imaginary on Halloween.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Laurence Fishburne joins the cast as the higher vampire Regis, rocking a fanciful new look.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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The final sequence on the film’s set is perhaps the director’s most fanciful scene and an exemplar of meta filmmaking.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Yet in the past, intimate scenes in theater, film and television were rarely treated with the same mindfulness as a make-believe duel.—
Julie Hinds,
Detroit Free Press,
17 Mar. 2023
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The internet provided a fertile new stage for my proclivity for make-believe.—
Kira Homsher,
Longreads,
14 Mar. 2023
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First, and perhaps most obvious, the fictional thriller draws inspiration from the Manson Family's home invasion and murder of Sharon Tate and her friends, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger and Wojciech Frykowski, as well as Steven Parent, who was visiting the home's caretaker.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Heart of the Ocean may be fictional, but its legend feels real—modeled loosely on the Hope Diamond.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Mythological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mythological. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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