like a dream
idiom
: very pleasingly or well
The new car drives like a dream.
My new computer works like a dream.
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Available in three sleek neutral shades, these joggers whisper quiet luxury and feel like a dream.
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Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
To everyone who met her, Nellie seemed like a dream baby.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
By their own accounts, hunter-gatherers like the Hadza mostly sleep like a dream.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Growing their family felt like a dream unfolding.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
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Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
To everyone who met her, Nellie seemed like a dream baby.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
By their own accounts, hunter-gatherers like the Hadza mostly sleep like a dream.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Growing their family felt like a dream unfolding.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Like a dream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/like%20a%20dream. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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