as in dream
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality
hoped that one day world peace would be a reality and not just a daydream
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Recent Examples of daydream
Lydia Price, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new exhibition (March 25) takes a wary view of its own contents, which span half a millennium, arguing that the West acted out its daydreams of a docile Orient one cup-and-saucer at a time.
—Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
Lisa Respers France, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Previous research indicated that women, individuals who frequently daydream, and younger people tend to have better dream recall.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Noun
In December 2020, Billingsley shared on That Scene with Dan Patrick podcast how he had been given real chewing tobacco by the props person on the set of A Christmas Story for the scene where Ralphie daydreams about using the aforementioned BB gun to save his family.
—Lydia Price, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new exhibition (March 25) takes a wary view of its own contents, which span half a millennium, arguing that the West acted out its daydreams of a docile Orient one cup-and-saucer at a time.
—Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
Foley plays a successful businessman named Eric who travels to Italy to stop his daydreaming daughter Olivia, played by Reficco, from restoring a crumbling villa.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Previous research indicated that women, individuals who frequently daydream, and younger people tend to have better dream recall.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydream
Noun
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As for his own ambitions, Drummond dreams of collaborations with cultural innovators like Pharrell Williams.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
3 Apr. 2025
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Spanning the tenth and eleventh floors of an iconic Art Deco building, Penthouse N is a dream for anyone who appreciates old-school grandeur.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Some accounts fantasize that Trump’s college-age son, Barron, is running it.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
28 Mar. 2025
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Concerned Mom in California Dear Mom: Mentally healthy adults do not spend their spare time fantasizing about extreme violence.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Heading into the weekend, Warner Bros. and Legendary’s PG fantasy comedy, starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa, was projected to take in $70 million to $80 million, with some bullish analysts suggesting a final number closer to $90 million.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
6 Apr. 2025
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Over the course of his career, Reynoso has designed costumes from dozens of time periods, as well as different countries, and even timeless fantasy periods.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Chollet, like Altman and other tech barons, envisions AI models that can solve any problem imaginable: disease, climate change, poverty, interstellar travel.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2025
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Inspired by the natural environment, Gupta envisioned a retreat that blended seamlessly into the area’s farm terraces.—
Sarah Khan,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Yet there are filmmakers who fall prey to the illusion too.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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On far too many occasions, Watson chose deceit over candor, grasping for the illusion of business success and personal acclaim at any cost.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Managers and their co-workers need to work hard to establish the link between the team goals and the firms vision and show how their work can effect the performance of the organization.—
Andrew Mawson,
Forbes,
27 Sep. 2024
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In 2019, under the guidance of Assembly Chair Felix Rivera, the Assembly hired Laurie Wolf to facilitate a series of three strategic visioning meetings to better define our goals for years 2019-2021.—
Anchorage Daily News,
Anchorage Daily News,
28 Mar. 2020
Verb
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This training helped refine his ability to visualize precise actions.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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The Analyst agent can process raw data from multiple spreadsheets to forecast future revenues and expenditures, predict demand for new product and visualize customer purchasing behaviors.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The lesson was that, for integration to work in the way the Court had imagined with Brown, the whole system needed to be desegregated.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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Can anyone imagine anything good coming out Wednesday that will make tech look better?—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Daydream.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydream. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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