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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydreamed
Verb
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The twins had always dreamed of being on maternity leave at the same time.—
Kelsey Monstrola,
USA Today,
7 May 2026 -
Esra, a first-grader who dreamed of becoming a pilot, was found in the school’s prayer hall alongside her cousin Fatemeh Yazdanpanah.—
Zohreh Saberi,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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For years the sisters had fantasized, half-seriously, about having their own YouTube channel.—
Scot Paltrow,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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The new sound became a global fad, even in the locales that exotica artists fantasized about.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
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Although UConn, defending champion, was undefeated until facing South Carolina in the Final Four, Auriemma had envisioned scenarios in which the Huskies could come up short, particularly if both Azzi Fudd and Sarah Strong had bad shooting nights.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
4 May 2026
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Originally, the couple envisioned a destination wedding, but decided against traveling with their small children.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026
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Researcher Gabriele Oettingen studied this with students who visualized acing their exams.—
Terry Ward,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
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Every vessel was visualized clearly.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Writing a novel forces confrontation — with uncertainty, with imperfection, with the uncomfortable gap between what was imagined and what exists on the page.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
8 May 2026
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But then Dwyer imagined a baroque process that could allow one avalanche to set off another, and another, and another, all right on top of each other.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 May 2026
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The place first opened 93 years ago when Jack Fry, a guy who fancied boxing, gambling and horse racing, opened a tavern with his wife, Flossie.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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Dudley will be well-fancied to be the highest-scoring rookie in NWSL 2026.—
Theo Lloyd-Hughes,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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The prospect of playing at San Siro next season is something few Nottingham Forest fans would have envisaged.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Israel wants Lebanon’s government to assume responsibility for disarming Hezbollah, much like was envisaged in a November 2024 ceasefire.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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It had been conceived by one Trevor and souped up by another, both of them newcomers and one not even an official member.—
Andy Cush,
Pitchfork,
9 May 2026
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Attenborough, more than anybody, has established the link between the patch of glass in our living rooms and the wide world beyond—which, thanks to him, is revealed to be wider, weirder, and more combative than anyone could have conceived.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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“Daydreamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydreamed. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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