mythical

Example Sentences

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If you dissect the reasons that most don’t actually earn those mythical buy-and-hold returns, losing money in bear markets isn’t the biggest reason.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

That mythical number has often been cited as the threshold at which managers, players and fans can relax - but the total has not actually been needed to stay up since 2010-11.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

“It feels almost like a mythical thing to me at this point,” he said of reaching the Super Bowl.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2026

At the center of this story is a gainfully employed layabout, an unnamed, possibly mythical “friend of a friend.”

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

The giant, mythical hurricane that would destroy the entire southeast coast of Florida.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz