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
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
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
Uto'pian, ideal, fanciful, chimerical: from "Utopia"—an imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called "Utopia," as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics laws, and society.
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
Vocabulary lists containing chimerical
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