Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quixotes
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Morton kosher salt; process until nuts are very finely chopped, about 30 seconds.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026 -
Granola One of the original ‘health foods,’ granola contains many nutritious ingredients, such as oats, nuts, and seeds.—
Sarah Anzlovar,
Verywell Health,
26 Jan. 2026
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Garcia, who plays cartel boss Gallino in the second season of the Paramount+ show, praised Sheridan as one of Hollywood's true mavericks.—
Lauryn Overhultz , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
1 Dec. 2025
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Most of our mavericks who fly that close to the sun never get to see that journey through.—
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2025
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Large, fluffy flakes fell for nearly 45 minutes near Interstate 77 Brawley School Road exit 35 and wasn’t letting up toward noon.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Feb. 2026
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Bake salmon until fish flakes easily with a fork, 15 to 18 minutes.—
Martha Stewart,
Martha Stewart,
5 Feb. 2026
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As part of Netflix’s ongoing round of international slate announcements, the streamer unveiled a batch of new originals and updates on several others.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2026
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One of approximately 40 examples of the FXX K Evo built from 2017 to 2019, this single-owner car is one of only about 10 factory-originals, as opposed to a conversion from an earlier FXX spec car.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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On his mother’s side, a line of troubled souls and eccentrics.—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2026
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The logger and railsplitter occasionally encounters American eccentrics, like a chatty drifter prone to sporting bible verses and an old coot of a demolitions expert with a philosophical bent.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Nov. 2025
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What so many of these talking heads have in common—legitimate experts, well-meaning journalists, and kooks alike—is how costly their recommendations are.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Jan. 2026
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The kooks of that age believed that Iran-Contra was only just an inkling of the secret government behind the scenes that was preparing to herd Americans into prison camps.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
7 Oct. 2025
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Shi’s bottle list encompasses an idiosyncratic mix of classics and oddballs, including stroppy Austrian natural whites alongside multi-thousand-dollar Burgundies, funky low-intervention oranges from Greece, a few bottles from the Japanese winery Coco Farm.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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There are some outliers — Pluribus and The Rehearsal would be oddballs in any year.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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Not bad for a bunch of weirdos.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Feb. 2026
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The point was to create the conditions for a bunch of weirdos to sit around and ask questions of one another.—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Quixotes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quixotes. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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