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Recent Examples of mythological
There’s a lot of uneasiness hiding under the surface as Michaela, wife of billionaire Peter (Kevin Bacon), prepares for a fundraiser for a bird sanctuary (cue the mythological references).
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 May 2025
Fuller often got the ball rolling by speaking on mythological, historical, or philosophical themes.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
But after periods of rampant overfishing and pollution, the fish had nearly vanished from the James and, in its scarcity, gained a certain mythological status.
—Benjamin Cassidy, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
That the series can't decide if its mythological title is more metaphor, reality, or set dressing can be forgiven.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 May 2025
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 May 2025
Fuller often got the ball rolling by speaking on mythological, historical, or philosophical themes.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
But after periods of rampant overfishing and pollution, the fish had nearly vanished from the James and, in its scarcity, gained a certain mythological status.
—Benjamin Cassidy, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
That the series can't decide if its mythological title is more metaphor, reality, or set dressing can be forgiven.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mythological
Adjective
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His style — with its dynamic camera, efficient editing and plot-driven storytelling — feels much closer to American studio movies, compared to the relatively allegorical approach of other Iranian directors looking to critique the regime without signing their own death warrants.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
22 May 2025
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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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But what were his motivations for the sculptural cut that reduced the body by a third, literally disabling all of the fetish’s functions except for those of its primary feature, the design, thereby intensifying it, endowing it even with an imaginary, almost futuristic acceleration?—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Dairy farmers should not be the villains in an imaginary climate change narrative - they should be respected as part of the backbone of our state's rural economy and heritage.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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Kitchen veteran Liliane is often the tart-yet-affectionate voice of reason when Antonin gets a little too fanciful for his culinary britches.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
11 June 2025
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First, both threats are fanciful to the point of serving as performance art.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 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
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The film takes place in 2020 — yes, that 2020 — in the most visceral way, with the anti-mask local sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) of the fictional Eddington, New Mexico, facing off against the town’s COVID-guideline-advocate mayor, played by Pedro Pascal (the second of his three summer releases).—
Rance Collins,
IndieWire,
10 June 2025
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Standing in for the Duke of Hastings’ fictional Clyvedon Castle in season one, this real-life Baroque masterpiece is located in North Yorkshire, England, and has been in the Howard family for more than three centuries.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
10 June 2025
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“Mythological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mythological. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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