as in romantic
having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality
in this age of giant chain stores, any attempt at operating an independent bookstore must be regarded as quixotic
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Recent Examples of quixotic
That may explain the turn to unusual schemes such as offering homeowners the chance to host mini data centers, along with more quixotic proposals such as launching orbital data centers into space and floating AI data centers in the middle of the ocean.
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Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2026
In a quest that began to seem quixotic, Zimmerman finally found his ideal Sangaste rye during a recent sourcing trip to Finland, and now sells it as flour and whole berries.
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The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
But the heart of the film is Boyes’ quixotic search, aided by trackers and anthropologists, and eventually, a regional king.
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Stuart Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
There is absolutely no reason to burn tread off the greatest shooter alive just to secure a meaningless moral victory on a Tuesday night in late-March in the service of some quixotic goal to lose later in the playoffs.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for quixotic
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2026
In a quest that began to seem quixotic, Zimmerman finally found his ideal Sangaste rye during a recent sourcing trip to Finland, and now sells it as flour and whole berries.
—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
But the heart of the film is Boyes’ quixotic search, aided by trackers and anthropologists, and eventually, a regional king.
—
Stuart Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
There is absolutely no reason to burn tread off the greatest shooter alive just to secure a meaningless moral victory on a Tuesday night in late-March in the service of some quixotic goal to lose later in the playoffs.
—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for quixotic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quixotic
Adjective
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AIs will be our friends, our confidants, our therapists, our doctors, our employees, our business partners—and yes, in many cases, our romantic partners and lovers.
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The twisted romantic fantasy, directed by YouTuber Curry Barker, has generated $117 million internationally and a sensational $333 million globally to date.
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The trouble was that their official away shirts provided by Le Coq Sportif were made of a very heavy fabric, wildly impractical given the game kicked off at noon under the blazing Mexico City sun.
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Those experiments were once widely dismissed as impractical, and Joby has faced similar skepticism.
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Conceived as a Halloween dress-up icon, Esmerelda exists almost entirely to thwart the idealistic new editor and his dreams of keeping journalism alive.
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Nat Kitcharit plays Mek, an idealistic young lawyer whose faith in the system is systematically dismantled after he is framed for the murder of the son of Anan (Songsit Roongnophakunsri), a powerful police chief.
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Southgate’s confident assertion that the tide of history was turning against bigotry now looks utopian, or even naïve.
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Le Guin depicts an alternative society much like humanity, but with one notable, utopian contingent.
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“Quixotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quixotic. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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