daydreamed

past tense of daydream

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Verb
  • The film follows five childhood friends — Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli and Conor — who once dreamed of escaping their circumstances and building better lives.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 4 June 2026
  • That’s not to say buyers haven’t dreamed big — sometimes very big.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • There was always a small part of him that fantasized about leaving it all behind and going to live off the grid.
    Steven Rowley, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
  • The brand's return has been fantasized for years and ecstatically anticipated ever since Marc Jacobs Beauty was credited for the makeup in Jacobs's spring 2026 New York Fashion Week show.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • But 13 is less than anybody’s ever even envisioned.
    NBC news, NBC news, 7 June 2026
  • The family had done a single paw print at a previous home, but this time Schuler envisioned something larger and more symbolic.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
Verb
  • Consultants and clients use data about the climate, finance, social instability, wars, and so on to plan their assets, and using AI, Kurant plotted parameters and visualized these data points.
    Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
  • Researcher Gabriele Oettingen studied this with students who visualized acing their exams.
    Terry Ward, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • The spectral figures, marked by their sarong colors, imagined Zodiacs, doshas and more, operate haunto-structurally.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
  • Other pieces, ranging from caps and T-shirts to tote bags, are adorned with both brand names as well as laurels and pomelos — a key ingredient in the sweet treats imagined for the occasion by Ladurée executive chef of pastry Julien Alvarez.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • The problem with Dolan, this person confided, was that the owner fancied himself knowledgeable about basketball.
    Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
  • Having drawn 1-1 at Elland Road in the first leg, Preston were strongly fancied to progress to the Championship final.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 23 May 2026
Verb
  • For example, will the 60-day process envisaged in the MoU be defined as an extension of the weeks-long ceasefire or a definitive end to hostilities?
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
  • Array was also envisaged as a modular system that has the ability to grow with young design consumers throughout life and all of its changes.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 25 May 2026
Verb
  • Glancing jokes about recent horror hits like Get Out and Weapons fly by, but the new Scary Movie always returns to the meta-slasher conceived by the late master Wes Craven.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
  • Spanish photographer and Apartamento Magazine cofounder Nacho Alegre conceived its visual campaign.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 4 June 2026
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“Daydreamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydreamed. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.

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