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or phantasmagorical
as in hallucinatory
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Photograph by Mary Mattingly / Courtesy Robert Mann Gallery Mary Mattingly’s photographs of moonlit gardens turn the Robert Mann gallery into a hallucinatory hothouse.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
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This immersive documentary is a bracingly intimate and hallucinatory portrait of 67-year-old Lloyd, a man with schizophrenia surviving amidst urban detritus and decay.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
18 Dec. 2024
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For someone who had spent most of his career with a low caesar, seeing himself with hair was surreal—and as expected, with growth also came grays.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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The moment felt surreal, for a multitude of reasons.—
Michael Silver,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Chevron top pick If oil prices don’t budge, Trump’s desire to increase production could prove illusory, at least in the short- to medium term.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
18 Dec. 2024
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Perfect justice is illusory because our parents or birthplace are serendipitous.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Our mayor and City Council must stop pandering to developers by approving zoning laws based on fast, frequent, imaginary, future public transit.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2025
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On top of that, Vancouver was right next door, and there was no imaginary border that made Richmond feel like an enclave.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Jan. 2025
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Ukraine is a fictional state...the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.—
Maya Mehrara,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Terms & Conditions, a kinetic blend of a fictional Afro-futurist narrative, archival research on decades of Black visual and multimedia work, and personal history.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, the text suggests that Saulos, his accomplice, engaged in the fictitious sale and manumission of slaves while forging documents to cover their tracks.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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The contractor, for example, operates under a fictitious name.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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If extensive violations of a federal law made that law go away, the rules would be chimerical.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes,
21 Nov. 2024
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The contrast is powerful, drawing attention to the chimerical nature of her quest.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
8 Nov. 2024
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This isn’t callousness or delusive optimism but, rather, a rebellion against the suffocating expectation that the elderly have foreclosed the possibility of joy.—
Hillary Kelly,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2024
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To separate art from its historical framework is futile, and to reject it in an effort to censor past violence is a delusive act of virtue signaling.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
5 July 2022
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