as in haze
a state of mental confusion
she was in a daze for a minute after being hit on the head by a volleyball
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as in to stun
to make senseless or dizzy by a blow
the fall dazed him for a moment, causing him to become disoriented
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Recent Examples of daze
Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Ali sidestepped it, and Foreman blundered, swapping positions with his challenger, as Ali clubbed him with a head-dazing right blow.
—Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
Pastor Harris had sat scrunched in his truck, dazed as his boots filled with water and blood from the gashes in his shins.
—Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
As a result, the helo dove into a crash that left Josie not only dazed, but with a very broken left leg.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Dec. 2024
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Verb
Some families sat on their luggage, appearing dazed.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Ali sidestepped it, and Foreman blundered, swapping positions with his challenger, as Ali clubbed him with a head-dazing right blow.
—Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
Pastor Harris had sat scrunched in his truck, dazed as his boots filled with water and blood from the gashes in his shins.
—Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
As a result, the helo dove into a crash that left Josie not only dazed, but with a very broken left leg.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daze
Noun
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An expansive view of the French Alps covered in a wispy summer haze stretches out behind him.—
Nathaniel Parish Flannery,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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Beautiful beaches, palm trees and picturesque homes — that were impossible to see behind a thick haze.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
1 May 2025
Verb
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At the May 5 event, dubbed fashion's biggest night, Zendaya stunned with a dapper, tailored Louis Vuitton white suit with a matching brimmed hat.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Keisha is bound for Howard University, while Justin stunned his parents with the decision to defer his first year at Northwestern in order to pursue his love for music.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
14 May 2025
Verb
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The danger, though, is that business leaders will get blinded to this by the daily chaos and comedy of Washington’s tariff war.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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What too few asked was whether we were meant to realize what’s going on sooner than Irons’s besotted suitor, a man blinded by his romanticized, Orientalist fantasies.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In extremely dense fog where visibility is near zero, the best course of action is to first turn on your hazard lights, then simply pull into a safe location such as a parking lot of a local business, and stop.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2025
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Fans saw through the fog from the beginning, and each slight felt more telling than the last.—
Charlotte Walsh,
Vulture,
5 May 2025
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She’s briefly pulled from her trance in the park when her shuffling is interrupted by a call from her mom, whose dog Leo is the lock screen on her phone.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
21 Apr. 2025
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The Blue Room would would play trance; Paul van Dyk, Tiësto, all the big trance DJs, then the Red Room would play house.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Daze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daze. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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