Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydreamed
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When the company abandons its traditional Nutcracker for a childless, avant-garde version — thus denying Harris’s daughter the starring role she’s dreamed of — Harris leaps into action.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025 -
Renovations are taking place, and the place is being turned into everything the entire family dreamed of.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
22 Oct. 2025
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Who among us hasn’t fantasized in the shower about exacting elaborate revenge for petty upsets, or lain awake trying to reframe our humiliations as epic tales of triumph?—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
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At times, Russell fantasized about applying to Sarah Lawrence and getting a college degree.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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The project, Muniz explained, was initially envisioned as a two-hour reunion film before those behind the series realized there was too much ground to cover.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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The helmers cycle through a year’s worth of seasons for Zhenya and Anatolij Pilipenko, inexperienced farmers who envisioned a new life for themselves and their two young daughters.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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Johnson, who authored a paper in 2023 about the importance of building virtual cells, hopes that whatever scientists end up building will be capable of being visualized.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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One big advantage of this tool is that the mathematical operations describing the forces between particles can be visualized as diagrams.—
Dipangkar Dutta,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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McCoy imagined a future career in advocacy.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Saturday night went better than either could have possibly imagined when the former picked up the latter a few weeks back.—
Adam H. Beasley,
Miami Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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The 27-year-old would undoubtedly have fancied his chances of getting back on track against a beleaguered Fiorentina side, but looks set to play no part after withdrawing through injury just half an hour into the USMNT’s friendly against Australia on Tuesday.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Some have fancied themselves an island chanteuse (Wanda Shirk on Palau).—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Sep. 2025
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Shortly after its dawn, dresses produced by Paris’ leading fashion houses, such as Poiret, Chanel and Lanvin, were envisaged with the same geometric, linear designs and intricate decorations that were characteristic of the revolutionary movement.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
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With some footage shot in LA, but the move delayed, and then Ozzy passing away, the show as originally envisaged was not possible.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
11 Oct. 2025
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Wang, who conceived of and led the study, also serves as the Kellogg chair of technology among other leadership positions at Northwestern.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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Curated by Hamza Walker, Bennett Simpson, and Kara Walker, the show was conceived eight years ago, as statues were beginning to come down.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Daydreamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydreamed. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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