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quixotic

[kwik-sot-ik] / kwɪkˈsɒt ɪk /


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The production is being promoted as “challenging the status quo of how commercial theater interacts with nonprofit institutions,” a worthy goal, if a possibly quixotic one.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Reducing the fear of litigation to get these assets on plan menus makes sense, even if it is a bit quixotic.

From MarketWatch Jun. 26, 2026

Lope de Vega wrote of honor and conflict a few doors down from where Miguel de Cervantes penned the first quixotic quest.

From Salon Jun. 23, 2026

"Andy has such a head of steam it would be quixotic," one Labour MP, who asked not to be named, told AFP, adding that a contest would be "hugely expensive and time-consuming".

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

As a form of protest, they did not have a high success rate and the rationale behind them always struck me as quixotic.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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