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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydreamlike
Adjective
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However, everything since has been a surreal experience for the actress.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025 -
Many have observed that Gen Z has turned to Dadaist humor as a response to the surreal conditions of the present day.—
James Factora,
Them.,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Defenders of the policy point to waiver provisions as evidence of the new policy's flexibility, but closer examination reveals these waivers to be illusory.—
Carlos Del Toro,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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Ever since the end of World War II, a long parade of American presidents saw first the Soviet Union and then, after a brief and illusory interregnum, its successor Russia as a force to be wary of, at the very least.—
Peter Baker,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Stricter consumer protection laws worldwide mean businesses face mounting scrutiny and potential legal repercussions for deceptive claims.—
Anjali Chaudhry,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Issues concerning the scheme arise when the business utilizing it sells the data of consumers without proper consent or for deceptive purposes, as this could violate laws, the company said.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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As a thriller-comedy-drama set in a luxurious (fictional) hotel chain with some of the world’s most beautiful locations as the backdrop, fans are desperate to know where The White Lotus season three will be set.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
31 Mar. 2025
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Combs was in good company among the parents of Rosewood, Pa., the fictional setting for Pretty Little Liars' seven seasons of backstabbings and betrayals.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This violent event flashes onstage in the manner of a traumatic memory, with Goodman’s Jesse writhing on Justin Huen’s impressionistic urban set as lighting and sound designer Matt Richter underscores the hallucinatory nature of the assault with strobe effects.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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There are private planes and limos and cocaine and fireworks and dancing and morning-after IV drips; Baker charges through these scenes in an almost hallucinatory frenzy, sweeping us along the way that Ani herself has been swept along.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Morgan & Morgan, the firm that puts up those annoying Philly billboards, was fined after one of their lawyers admitted to using an AI program that generated fictitious case citations in a legal filing.—
Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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Putin cannot refuse a ceasefire, without losing the fictitious moral high ground.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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After the war, that technology, developed by a painfully pretentious guru named Ethan Skate (Stanley Tucci), was sold to the public as a way of keeping them sedated and immersed in imaginary worlds.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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And now a question for a future newsletter: Do the kids in your life have imaginary friends?—
Anna North,
Vox,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, some allies have alluded to plans to make what seems a fanciful idea real.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
31 Mar. 2025
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In following the fanciful story of two lovers journeying separately through East and Southeast Asia in the early 20th century, Gomes mixes staged scenes with documentary footage — some of it distinctly modern, some of it seemingly more timeless.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Daydreamlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydreamlike. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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