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
Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
The entries are a mixture of sense memory, adolescent embarrassment, nostalgic fashions and foods, daydreams, and anything else that falls through the sieve of Brainard’s disarmingly casual syntax.
—David S. Wallace, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2025
Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
And Kyle — who was sitting right there, possibly daydreaming about his awesome haircut — did not miss a single beat, feeding into that narrative that the two were at least mildly at odds.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Where Babygirl explores the power dynamics and kink potential of an age difference, and The Idea of You leans on the age gap as a kind of escapist daydream, Bridget Jones offers an Everywoman’s version.
—Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
The entries are a mixture of sense memory, adolescent embarrassment, nostalgic fashions and foods, daydreams, and anything else that falls through the sieve of Brainard’s disarmingly casual syntax.
—David S. Wallace, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
The study confirmed previous findings that people with a positive attitude toward dreams and those who frequently daydream are more likely to remember their dreams.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
And Kyle — who was sitting right there, possibly daydreaming about his awesome haircut — did not miss a single beat, feeding into that narrative that the two were at least mildly at odds.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydream
Noun
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Make your headline laser-focused on your dream client.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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At the end of 2023, the now 30-year-old went from working a tech job in New York — his dream city — to moving into the spare bedroom at his 90-year-old grandmother’s home in Los Angeles.—
Athena Sobhan,
People.com,
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
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The show is co-created by Rick Riordan and based on his fantasy book series.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
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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Robinson envisions the Indians having another successful season.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
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Yet there are filmmakers who fall prey to the illusion too.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
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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In sport and business, visualize the top of your mountain to make getting there more likely.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Nevertheless, the animals’ recurring presence throughout the season visualizes the chattering, anxious feeling that governs the existential turmoil endured by many of the souls haunting the Thai White Lotus resort.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Just imagine the potpourri of amazing facial expressions that would have been on display had Sai been sitting on the jury.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Brian Eno Few musicians have applied themselves so diligently to imagining what space sounds like.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Daydream.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydream. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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