mythological

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Recent Examples of mythological Meanwhile, Ziegler remains drawn to mythological texts. David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025 According to the brand, each was hand painted by artists from Oaxaca using the same technique that is employed for alebrijes, which are small, colorful, wooden sculptures depicting mythological creatures that are popular in that state. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 June 2025 Brazilian composer Marcos Balter conjured up the mythological Pan in a sometimes outrageous nine-part theatrical extravaganza for Chase. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025 Owing to his mythological genealogy, the emperor is considered the highest authority in Shinto, the native religion of the island. Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for mythological
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Adjective
  • For them, animals traditionally sacrificed, such as goats and chickens, served as allegorical figures for activists who endured sacrificial violence and suffering under apartheid.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • Instead, the filmmakers appear to have returned to a story whose allegorical commentary on today’s grim political landscape seems more relevant than ever.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • Several heads of industry have toyed with creating an imaginary staff, embracing the self-mirroring feedback loop of their output as a plus.
    Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 17 June 2025
  • Like the ugly duckling, new employees often internalize the stressful discomforts caused by real or imaginary signs of mistrust or rejection.
    Naira Velumyan, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • Lace gives a short-sleeve set an utterly romantic feel, while a feather trim offers a fanciful touch to long-sleeve and pants coordinates.
    Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 23 June 2025
  • Of course, if a prominent individual in government with conservative or even reactionary views indicates their displeasure with Trump, that’s a signal to the Democratic Party that the center can hold, that a fanciful abundance of swing voters can be yet persuaded of the error of their ways.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • The internet provided a fertile new stage for my proclivity for make-believe.
    Kira Homsher, Longreads, 14 Mar. 2023
Adjective
  • The Hollywood Reporter can reveal that, under the multiyear deal, IMG Licensing will develop and manage a robust licensing program spanning Maas’s entire fictional universe with the aim of creating new touchpoints for her fervid fan base.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
  • In the book, five strangers – a white American geographer, a South Sudanese translator, a northern Sudanese cook, a Sudanese-American filmmaker, and a local boy – find themselves at an NGO compound in the fictional town of Saraaya, on the border of Sudan and South Sudan.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 June 2025

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“Mythological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mythological. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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