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
Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
Below, some of the finest, high-quality ruffled bedding around the web for creating the frothy bedscape of your daydreams.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 28 Feb. 2026
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
More than masturbatory daydreams, Vladimir inspires our heroine to write with abandon, ignoring professional and personal obligations in service to her muse.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
Below, some of the finest, high-quality ruffled bedding around the web for creating the frothy bedscape of your daydreams.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 28 Feb. 2026
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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Hong Kong — For the past three decades, China has been a nation of homeowners — supercharging the world’s second-largest economy and fulfilling the dreams of millions.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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The first dream had vanished within two weeks of his arrival.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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The side marketed as soft increasingly fantasizes about confrontation, while the side marketed as hard seeks protection and paternal dominance.—
Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
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It was meant to mainly be a moment when fans could start to fantasize about their teams’ upcoming records, but has become the signature showcase of each team’s content and social departments.—
Dan Shanoff,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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While Goodman’s paradoxes and fantasies posed challenges to me as her biographer, with the advent of AI slop and ChatGPT, our courtship with illusion (and possibly delusion) is here to stay.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Van Dyke saw his job less as someone creating CG imagery — of which there was almost none in the sequence — than as a sort of additional set decorator, adding physical elements to sell the illusion.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
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Keeping track of the other, less consequential games may then only appeal to sports bettors and fantasy football players.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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Projects in development span the genres of romance, drama, horror, action and fantasy.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Matsuzawa envisioned a future that would keep him in Japan — college, followed by a career.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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Her role, the one head coach Cori Close envisioned to complete a team built to win it all, centered on joy and culture.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Choose the move that makes the whole vision feel more possible.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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Genre films with a creative vision, by contrast, are finding space.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
13 May 2026
Verb
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This works best when the substitute memory is emotionally compelling and easy to visualize.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
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Tucson Migra Map allows people to document and visualize enforcement activities by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies.—
Carolina Cuellar,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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Hiba imagined seeing snow for the first time and living in a cold state, such as Ohio.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Now imagine moving millions of items, each of them delicate, unique, priceless and old.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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“Daydream.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydream. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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