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quixotic

[kwik-sot-ik] / kwɪkˈsɒt ɪk /


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Basically, this mascot is carrying the flag for a quixotic battle to save a dying industry.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

Some longevity influencers attract rubbernecking for their quixotic quests to live forever, epitomized by venture capitalist Bryan Johnson’s vampiric infusions of his teenage son’s blood plasma.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026

“This isn’t some sort of quixotic top-line grab,” Jassy said of the company’s AI investments.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

A quixotic young scholar becomes obsessed with a 21st-century English poet, reconstructing his Oxfordshire social life from historical archives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

By April 2006 Lippmann’s superiors at Deutsche Bank were asking him to defend his quixotic gamble.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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