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
Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
Winners Visualize and Act Mindset without action is just a daydream.
—Stephen Nalley, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2025
Laura Bradley, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
The retro-style video features Gomez daydreaming about Blanco.
—Ethan Millman, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The vibe is at once sophisticated and irreverent—like an art collector’s home crossed with a Wes Anderson daydream.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
Winners Visualize and Act Mindset without action is just a daydream.
—Stephen Nalley, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
Owen’s too busy daydreaming about his childhood friend, Nora.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
The retro-style video features Gomez daydreaming about Blanco.
—Ethan Millman, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydream
Noun
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Studying at Columbia—the home of such Palestinian scholars as Edward Said and Rashid Khalidi—had always been a dream of Khalil’s.—
Aida Alami,
New Yorker,
21 May 2025
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However, as humanity stands on the precipice of a technological revolution, particularly with the convergence of quantum computing and artificial intelligence the sustainability and viability of UBI as a global approach might no longer be a distant dream but a tangible reality.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
Verb
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Adoptees who could only fantasize about their birth families are now identifying them through DNA testing and chatting with them online.—
Barbara Demick,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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Others even fantasized about how Corum might be involved if the couple were to take their relationship to the next level.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Don’t worry, in this fantasy relationship Briney’s character Conrad is all yours, no messy love triangle!—
Ana Calderone,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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The law that fantasy football supposedly broke was the prohibition on gambling on sporting events, a line that was blurred by fantasy leagues’ use of cash entries and prizes.—
David Hill,
Rolling Stone,
24 May 2025
Verb
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Levi envisions a complex with a pair of 20,000-square-foot soundstages, two amphitheaters, a boutique hotel, cabins and a farm-to-table restaurant.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
22 May 2025
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Regardless, the Giants have executed Plan B with Hicks, which was always one of the easiest Plan Bs to envision.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
Noun
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The entire space was stunned by the illusion of water gushing and animals moving toward the audience.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
28 May 2025
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Donald Trump started selling the illusion of exclusivity half a century ago.—
Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
27 May 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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Examples mentioned include creating accurate ad copy, visualizing educational concepts, and improving patient diagnoses.—
Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Scientists visualized its smallest bones as well as soft tissue, including some feathers.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
14 May 2025
Verb
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Finally, imagine tucking your anxiety into a cozy box and carrying it gently in a small bag slung over your shoulder, wrote Beck.—
Ashton Jackson,
CNBC,
30 May 2025
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Olivia Jan, who worked on the Grassland Opera fragrance imagined the scent of the herbaceous orbexilum stipulatum flower.—
Nicole Mowbray,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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“Daydream.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydream. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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