myth
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This will always be one of those essential movies about a particular national dream — not just a myth — of emerging from economic catastrophe and being reborn in the promised land of California.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
The word “narcissist” comes from the Greek myth of Narcissus, which tells the story of a young man so enamored of his image in a reflecting pool that he is unable to look away.
From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026
According to myth, Hedberg will be the first of his class to become an admiral.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026
Here’s a creation myth for the age of Darwin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Embedded in the history of the gene is “the quest for eternal youth, the Faustian myth of abrupt reversal of fortune, and our own century’s flirtation with the perfectibility of man.”
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing myth
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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