chimerical
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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
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
COVID-19 is a chimerical beast — symptoms evolve as the condition drags on, and can vary widely between patients.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
But the AEC’s dream of thermonuclear research blooming via a collegial relationship between Los Alamos and Livermore proved chimerical.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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