as in romantic
having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality
a quixotical attempt to bring live theater to a generation hooked on video games
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Adjective
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This book is perfect for lovers of romantic vibes and the world of dance!—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
14 Aug. 2025 -
The song finds Lacy unfiltered about his romantic frustrations.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Researchers note that due to terrain and cost challenges, large-scale machines are often impractical, prompting research into compact, robotic pruning solutions.—
Jill Barth,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Because reaching 75 local prosecutors around the state on short notice was impractical, Moody opted to hear unopposed arguments from Southern Legacy of Life, formerly known as ARORA (Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency), before issuing the temporary injunction.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The quixotic quarterback decision that sealed the end.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
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My lab has been on a decade-long quixotic adventure to study awake infants with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a form of brain imaging that can measure activity from regions deep in the brain such as the hippocampus.—
Nick Turk-Browne,
Scientific American,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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In exchange, the work burnishes the firm’s reputation and serves as a draw for idealistic young associates.—
Molly Redden,
ProPublica,
7 Aug. 2025
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Young lawyers and career government lawyers are often idealistic, willing to sacrifice personal gain for the public good, but the prospect of working for this attorney general might seem the worst sort of dead-end job — one requiring blind obedience to unworthy goals.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In an article published through the National Institute of Justice, Brown and others interviewed former extremists in the United States, as well as their family and friends, to better understand the shift from participating in ideological debate to taking violent actions.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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This backsliding is the result of a rapid ideological shift within the administration, which two men in particular have spurred: David Sacks, Trump’s tech-billionaire AI czar, and Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia and one of America’s most powerful executives in the industry.—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Quixotical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quixotical. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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