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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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.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026 -
The twisted romantic fantasy, directed by YouTuber Curry Barker, has generated $117 million internationally and a sensational $333 million globally to date.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
21 June 2026
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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.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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Those experiments were once widely dismissed as impractical, and Joby has faced similar skepticism.—
Randy Tucker,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
Adjective
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James Dolan, the team’s owner, started a quixotic fight with New York City and its mayor and police commissioner, but that settled into white noise.—
Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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Espousing grand schemes made Heronemus a quixotic figure.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
15 June 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
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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.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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“Quixotical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quixotical. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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