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also chimeric
as in fantastical
not real and existing only in the imagination
for the time being, interplanetary travel remains a chimerical feature of life in the 21st century
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Recent Examples of chimerical
Summary Allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells hold great promise for expanding the accessibility of CAR-T therapy, whereas the risks of allograft rejection have hampered its application.
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2024
Veering between surreal interior monologue, scholarly criticism, and elliptical verse, Garza’s chimerical and metatextual whodunnit unsettlingly posits that no one—not the writer, and perhaps not even, or especially not, the reader—is truly innocent.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
In spite of everything, the setting continues to compel me, as does the puzzle of Flores’s fiction, which frames the South Texas border region as a territory both physical and chimerical.
—David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, Kilgore, his dream of fame approaching, also sees its chimerical agonies.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2024
Veering between surreal interior monologue, scholarly criticism, and elliptical verse, Garza’s chimerical and metatextual whodunnit unsettlingly posits that no one—not the writer, and perhaps not even, or especially not, the reader—is truly innocent.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
In spite of everything, the setting continues to compel me, as does the puzzle of Flores’s fiction, which frames the South Texas border region as a territory both physical and chimerical.
—David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, Kilgore, his dream of fame approaching, also sees its chimerical agonies.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chimerical
Adjective
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This relic of constitutional law, which the Supreme Court hasn’t taken seriously since its quiet death in the New Deal era, is more mythical than historical—holding, more or less, that Congress cannot delegate its lawmaking power to another branch of government.—
Cristian Farias,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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This name originates from a Greek myth. Eunice: Another historic Greek name, the mythical Eunice was the sea-nymph daughter of Nereus and Doris.—
Lydia Wang,
Parents,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Amid the audience laughter at a lecture, U.S. Navy oceanographer Robert Ballard bit his tongue and told the questioner the jewelry was fictitious.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Searches were carried out in France and Belgium last month to determine if his Belgian tax domicile was fictitious.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Bad Summer People, which has drawn comparisons to The White Lotus, is set in the idyllic fictional town of Salcombe, Fire Island, and follows a sequence of life shattering events when a body is discovered off the side of the boardwalk.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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Nowhere is this attention to detail more felt than in the production design of the studio itself, which is intended to emulate great legacy companies like Paramount and Warner Bros., the latter of which stands in for the series’ fictional Continental Studios in exterior scenes.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Chimerical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chimerical. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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