as in to see
to see or sense something or someone that is not really there; to have hallucinations
The patient may hallucinate if she has a fever.
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Recent Examples of hallucinate
But as the host had explained during my tasting experience, a person would need to consume bottles worth of Neeley's absinthe in one sitting to hallucinate.
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Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2024
Existing models have a bad habit of hallucinating chemical structures that are bizarre or unworkable, much as ChatGPT hallucinates facts.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Another drawback is that AI tools can hallucinate and produce results that are biased and inaccurate.
—Ainsley MacLean, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
People who sundown may hallucinate or have delusions about experiences from their past.
—Janelle McSwiggin, Msn, Health, 25 Sep. 2024
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Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2024
Existing models have a bad habit of hallucinating chemical structures that are bizarre or unworkable, much as ChatGPT hallucinates facts.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Another drawback is that AI tools can hallucinate and produce results that are biased and inaccurate.
—Ainsley MacLean, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
People who sundown may hallucinate or have delusions about experiences from their past.
—Janelle McSwiggin, Msn, Health, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinate
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Instead Trump swept the swing states, won the popular vote and saw Republicans secure control of both houses of Congress.Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 15 Nov. 2024
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There were moments of vulnerability never seen from him before.Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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Kierra Some people daydreamed about dinner parties.Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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As a result, their work focus was higher on exercise days than on days without a workout, and coworkers noticed less shirking behavior such as daydreaming or working slower than necessary.Lieke ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Just imagine how much better things will get when their twins arrive!Laura Bradley, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Across eleven offerings, a swirl of photographs mined from the internet and transferred onto wood panels, Norsworthy offers the kind of narratives most movies refuse to consider, let alone imagine.Essence, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
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At one time, the couple dreamed of using the land to build multiple small houses that might offer families more affordable places to live.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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The agency will also likely rely on the vehicle to make its Mars dreams a reality in the decade after that.Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The alternative is a future too abhorrent for even the most dystopian imaginations at WIRED to contemplate.Katie Drummond, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
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Their agreement contemplated alternative dispute mechanisms, including arbitration, to resolve any contractual conflict.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Those high on grandiosity seek admiration, are usually dominating and overconfident, fantasize about perfection, and tend to have high self-esteem.Joy Emeh, Health, 9 Sep. 2024
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One co-founder fantasized about expanding staff and getting fellatio from all the new employees; another staffer claimed women’s games were different from men’s because of differences in their biology.Aja Romano, Vox, 4 Sep. 2024
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Newsweek has visualized Stein's potential impact in maps and charts.Joe Edwards, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Smart Operations Location intelligence can allow enterprises to visualize the location of assets, monitor infrastructure in real time, and automate processes.Narendra Babu Vattem, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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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
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“Hallucinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallucinate. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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