chimerical
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It is the seduction of surfaces Cusk is exploring here, the ways we are taken in by so much that is chimerical: lavish interiors, actors, our own doubled selves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Sharply vivid rather than suggestively chimerical, the scenes and dances had a trim, finely honed character.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
Claims made for the abilities or perils of AI chatbots have often turned out to be mistaken or chimerical.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
It is only natural, then, that in an age of extreme guilt, when in very tangible ways we feel as if we have failed the Earth itself, the chimerical enemy should be all too human.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
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
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