as in daydreaming
the state of being lost in thought
lulled by the sound of the train, she stared out the window in a trance, oblivious to the fact that the conductor was taking tickets
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Recent Examples of trance
The concept explores how dreamers fall into cycles of sleepless obsession, chasing the figure across dreams in an endless trance.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 July 2025
The paper confetti rained on HYDE’s crumpled form as the audience gazed on as if in a trance.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 29 July 2025
It’s shaped by my love of the melancholic songwriting traditions of Europe from composers like Monteverdi and John Dowland, all the way to ’90s Eurodance and the uplifting trance of the 2000s—artists like Gigi D’Agostino and Alice Deejay.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 8 July 2025
Morrison would seem to go into a trance during live renditions of the tune.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 14 May 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 July 2025
The paper confetti rained on HYDE’s crumpled form as the audience gazed on as if in a trance.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 29 July 2025
It’s shaped by my love of the melancholic songwriting traditions of Europe from composers like Monteverdi and John Dowland, all the way to ’90s Eurodance and the uplifting trance of the 2000s—artists like Gigi D’Agostino and Alice Deejay.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 8 July 2025
Morrison would seem to go into a trance during live renditions of the tune.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trance
Noun
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The colorful flowers are perfect for a photo-op or casual daydreaming.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Those daydreaming of taking in the sweeping sunrise vistas across Middle Harbour just got lucky because one of the most significant abodes on the street just surfaced on market for the first time in over four decades.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
27 Aug. 2025
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In August, Elon Musk’s Neuralink expanded to the UK with a clinical study testing its brain chip to help paralyzed patients control devices through thought.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
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More than 226,000 flight hours of air ambulance services took place in 2023 among 1,315 helicopters helping nearly 386,400 patients, according to the 2024 study.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Burnett was content to mine references from her own Depression-era youth; her famous maid character, the Charwoman, who became something of a show mascot, harked back to Chaplin’s Little Tramp, wearing a rumpled outfit and performing silent reveries.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Her words throw Max into a reverie, reliving his past in light of his parents’ lies.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Trance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trance. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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