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
Instead of hallucinating risky comparisons, the AI references an internal competitive intelligence deck.
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Sagar Gupta, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
The consequences arrived after a court in Utah ordered sanctions after the filing included the first fake citation ever discovered in the state hallucinated by artificial intelligence.
—ArsTechnica, 2 June 2025
Supply chain and other company leaders need to consider data privacy concerns, the potential for AI solutions to hallucinate and the possibility that their teams will misapply AI.
—Christian Hyatt, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Both chatbots can sometimes hallucinate and make up quotes.
—PC Magazine, 19 June 2025
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Sagar Gupta, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
The consequences arrived after a court in Utah ordered sanctions after the filing included the first fake citation ever discovered in the state hallucinated by artificial intelligence.
—ArsTechnica, 2 June 2025
Supply chain and other company leaders need to consider data privacy concerns, the potential for AI solutions to hallucinate and the possibility that their teams will misapply AI.
—Christian Hyatt, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Both chatbots can sometimes hallucinate and make up quotes.
—PC Magazine, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinate
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The water line can be seen nearly reaching the doorway.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
8 July 2025
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What areas in Texas have flooded? Can't see our graphics?—
George Petras,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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You might be tempted to spend today daydreaming or reading romantic novels or poetry.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
28 June 2025
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That’s the core of this experience, aimed squarely at anyone who’s daydreamed about summiting the highest mountain on earth.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
25 June 2025
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Even though no one ever could have imagined it at the time, the Yankees weren’t going to win Torre one more Series, weren’t even going to make it back there even after having led three games to none.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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Third, imagine how scattered and confused the AI community would be without a flag of AGI as the purposeful aim afoot.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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No wonder so many people dream of trading chaos for this kind of quiet luxury.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
9 July 2025
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Barbra Streisand’s recording career has lasted longer than most musical acts can dream of.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Levine Cava is reportedly contemplating $25 million in savings from the Parks budget, but the details aren’t known.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
11 July 2025
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The question of how to deal with the fracturing has scientists contemplating the best course of action.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
11 July 2025
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At some point or another, just about anyone who calls themselves a Giants fan has probably fantasized about the prospect of Shohei Ohtani taking the mound at Oracle Park.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
12 July 2025
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Taken in by a teenage daughter of the family, who’s fantasizing about taking her own life, the two teens develop a warm and intense relationship.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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When evaluating dysphonia, otolaryngologists place a flexible tube attached to a tiny camera through a person's nose or mouth—called a fiberoptic scope—to visualize the larynx and vocal cords.—
Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
5 July 2025
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Images courtesy of the researchers Researchers have developed a way to use high-frequency electromagnetic waves to visualize objects that are hidden from view – such as a tool in a pile of junk or a vase in a cardboard box – with much greater accuracy than before.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
4 July 2025
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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 19 Jul. 2025.
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