as in romantic
one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world
a dreamer who believes that war doesn't have to be part of the human condition
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That's the magic of AI for entrepreneurs, solopreneurs and dreamers looking to solve the next big problem.
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Aleesha Webb, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
That would be ideal — and MLK was, if anything, an idealist, a dreamer.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
In 1980, The Times noted, a report that two hefty gold nuggets had turned up in the Sierra Madre foothills sent a new generation of dreamers back into the hills.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
On the night of March 9, the 22-year-old country music dreamer phoned his friend Kevin Hughes, who worked as the chart director at Cash Box magazine.
—Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Aleesha Webb, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
That would be ideal — and MLK was, if anything, an idealist, a dreamer.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
In 1980, The Times noted, a report that two hefty gold nuggets had turned up in the Sierra Madre foothills sent a new generation of dreamers back into the hills.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
On the night of March 9, the 22-year-old country music dreamer phoned his friend Kevin Hughes, who worked as the chart director at Cash Box magazine.
—Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Dreamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreamer. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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