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chimerical

[ki-mer-i-kuhl, -meer-, kahy-] / kɪˈmɛr ɪ kəl, -ˈmɪər-, kaɪ- /


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First and foremost, many businesses that went all-in on AI have discovered that the vaunted cost-savings its promoters promised have been chimerical at best.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

Projections of economic gains from major sporting events are typically optimistic, euphoric, chimerical or conjectural.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2025

Two instances in recent culture capture the uncertainty of our present moment, forcing us to reconsider the locus of the chimerical enemy.

From New York Times Feb. 16, 2023

The chimerical enemy is firmly within humanity, not as an abstraction of human nature but in real human form.

From New York Times Feb. 16, 2023

However many dreams she had navigated, whatever chimerical fancies she had witnessed, she had never interacted.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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