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
Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Nov. 2025
What about those perfect days and the daydreams that had sustained us?
—Michael Paterniti, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2025
Heather Bien, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2025
The voices behind Huntr/x — Ejae, Rei Ami and Audrey Nuna — appear in the sketch when Thomas begins to daydream.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 5 Oct. 2025
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Noun
In a city newly adorned with Michelin stars and an influx of celebrity chef attention, Moto Moda — equal parts pizzeria, motorsport shrine and mid-century Italian daydream — almost feels like a rebuttal.
—Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Nov. 2025
What about those perfect days and the daydreams that had sustained us?
—Michael Paterniti, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2025
Verb
Want to daydream about your future home in the mountains?
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2025
The voices behind Huntr/x — Ejae, Rei Ami and Audrey Nuna — appear in the sketch when Thomas begins to daydream.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydream
Noun
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Sadly, his college ball dreams didn’t come to fruition after the coach who called him up retired.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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Over the past seven years, Blake Lively brought her dream hair care line to life by redefining the beauty industry with a blend of passion, precision and purpose.—
Kanika Talwar,
Footwear News,
13 Jan. 2026
Verb
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But what was more interesting to me are those who aren’t fantasizing about being in a fictional world, but who are fantasizing about being a different reader, in a more secure nonfictional world.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
13 Jan. 2026
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Grover Norquist, one of the chief ideologists of modern conservatism, used to fantasize about drowning the government in the bathtub.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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Abbadon has also received a similar illusion based nerf to his Curse of Avernus which should also tone him down a bit as well.—
Mike Stubbs,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Beware the illusion of the open world.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
21 Jan. 2026
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The 49ers have struggled with injuries in recent seasons, with fantasy football website Rotowire ranking them fourth worst in the league in injuries in both 2025 and 2024.—
Alex Valdes,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Not only that, but these three players will be very affordable in your dynasty fantasy football league.—
Steve Bradshaw,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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For Hunter Henry, merely winning was hard enough to envision once.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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But the Navy air station on the territory closed in 1948, and the islands never became the significant military asset once envisioned.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
24 Jan. 2026
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Ashley Llorens, corporate vice president and managing director at Microsoft Research, said robotics has historically lagged behind progress in language and vision AI.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Jan. 2026
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And that will only occur by seeking individuals with a new and different vision.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Start With One Visual Per Message Instead of asking how to visualize everything, ask what single idea matters most.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Try to visualize how the party looked, but from a different angle.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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More than a cat-and-mouse game between him and them, the series uses that procedural framework to imagine, in psychologically astute and electrifyingly strange ways, an entire world altered by The Beauty.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
21 Jan. 2026
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Following a major dining room and menu upgrade, a popular Connecticut Italian restaurant is now popping with meatballs Nonna likely never imagined making.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Daydream.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydream. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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