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Recent Examples of mythological
The Shambhala cause was taken even further by Gleb Bokii, a leader of the first Soviet secret police, who thought this mythological land would give him access to mind-control techniques and magic weapons.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mythological
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With its metaphorical feet held over the allegorical fire by NASA, SpaceX has released a new, simplified plan to build a lander to put US astronauts back on the Moon now that the competition for the spacecraft has been reopened due to delays.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Nov. 2025
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Farrell’s turn feels less like a full-blooded human and more like just one part of a complex equation — which is in keeping with the highly structured and allegorical nature of Allen’s film.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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One way to represent a complex number like a + ib is as a point on a plane, where a is the position on the x-axis (which can be thought of as the real number line) and b is the position on an imaginary y-axis.—
Daniel Garisto,
Quanta Magazine,
7 Nov. 2025
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For example, the tests measure AI’s ability to fix inconsistencies in customer invoices Excel spreadsheets for an imaginary sales analyst role, or AI’s ability to create a full production schedule for a 60-second video shoot for an imaginary video producer.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Both of these fanciful descriptions evoke qualities that, at the dawn of my own delinquent years of exile, must have resonated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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His keen knack for seeing the world through a playful lens transforms even the most mundane aspects of travel into a fanciful adventure for his 3-year-old son, Malcolm.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Nov. 2025
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Anmore and Fort Langley — to make up the fictional community.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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SpringHill’s involvement signals a likely retention of the original’s format, with real sports stars playing themselves as clients of the fictional sports agency.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Mythological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mythological. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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