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Recent Examples of mythological
Many of the most striking features perch above the street with statues of mythological figures and animals adorning rooftops and ledges.
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AFAR Media, 11 Apr. 2025
The plotline of mashes up mythological figures with Wrestlemania flair.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The movie is loosely based on the Greek mythological figure Orpheus, a legendary musician who travels to the underworld to save the love of his life, Eurydice.
—Ralphie Aversa, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
The mythological figure of Hindu God Shiva catapulted Tripathi to pop-culture fame with his debut novel trilogy in 2010.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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AFAR Media, 11 Apr. 2025
The plotline of mashes up mythological figures with Wrestlemania flair.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The movie is loosely based on the Greek mythological figure Orpheus, a legendary musician who travels to the underworld to save the love of his life, Eurydice.
—Ralphie Aversa, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
The mythological figure of Hindu God Shiva catapulted Tripathi to pop-culture fame with his debut novel trilogy in 2010.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mythological
Adjective
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The industrial workspace in the film functions as a compelling allegorical backdrop for broader societal issues.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 May 2025
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In the old allegorical star atlases, Virgo is holding a spike of wheat where Spica glows, evidently representing the harvest time which occurs in mid-October when the sun is passing that bright star.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Draw an imaginary line from the magnitude 2.3 star Merak, which forms the outer base of the 'bowl', through Dubhe, the star positioned as the 'pouring tip' of the asterism.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
20 May 2025
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The mastermind behind covert action, Frank Wisner, never paused to consider that his cure for defeating an imaginary worldwide communist conspiracy was worse than the disease.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Retreat a little over a week and all that would have felt nothing more than a fanciful dream.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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At first glance, these styles can appear more fanciful than everyday, but there’s a way to combine the runway and the routine.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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Yet in the past, intimate scenes in theater, film and television were rarely treated with the same mindfulness as a make-believe duel.—
Julie Hinds,
Detroit Free Press,
17 Mar. 2023
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The internet provided a fertile new stage for my proclivity for make-believe.—
Kira Homsher,
Longreads,
14 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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Set on the fictional New England island of New Penzance in the 1960s, Sam (Jared Gilman), an emotionally disturbed orphan, and Suzy (Kara Hayward), a sophisticated, yet troubled girl in the vein of Margot Tenenbaum, long to grow up and get away from the chaos that surrounds them.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
30 May 2025
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Artificial intelligence, virtual reality, self-driving cars — these were all fictional concepts that have since crossed the threshold from imagination to innovation.—
Dete Meserve,
Space.com,
29 May 2025
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“Mythological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mythological. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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