Synonyms of pipe dream
Examples of pipe dream in a Sentence
His plan for starting his own business was just a pipe dream.
opening our own restaurant has long been a pipe dream
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To Victoria Toomey, the prospect of one day owning a house felt like a pipe dream.
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Matan Josephy, Idaho Statesman, 13 June 2026
For a working-class bloke from the East End of London, being immortalized in such a fashion seemed like a pipe dream.
—Marlow Stern, Variety, 12 June 2026
Soccer was a minor sport in Charlotte back then, and having an MLS team here seemed like a pipe dream.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
The decades-long quest to build home robots that are both helpful and lifelike — spurred on by fictional machines like the Jetsons’ humanoid maid Rosie —- is still mostly a pipe dream.
—Matt O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
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Matan Josephy, Idaho Statesman, 13 June 2026
For a working-class bloke from the East End of London, being immortalized in such a fashion seemed like a pipe dream.
—Marlow Stern, Variety, 12 June 2026
Soccer was a minor sport in Charlotte back then, and having an MLS team here seemed like a pipe dream.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
The decades-long quest to build home robots that are both helpful and lifelike — spurred on by fictional machines like the Jetsons’ humanoid maid Rosie —- is still mostly a pipe dream.
—Matt O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
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“Pipe dream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pipe%20dream. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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