as in haze
a state of mental confusion
she was in a daze for a minute after being hit on the head by a volleyball
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as in to stun
to make senseless or dizzy by a blow
the fall dazed him for a moment, causing him to become disoriented
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Recent Examples of daze
Dave Campbell, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
In the band’s heyday, Anthony Kiedis, with his bare torso and long girlish copper-blond hair, looked like a ’70s teen idol who’d become a Warhol hustler – a street-flesh god like Joe Dallesandro, except that where Dallesandro was in a daze, Kiedis was a live wire.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 23 Nov. 2025
Firefighters were trying to put out flames, others were trying to find victims inside, Sanford's truck was still there and church members who'd just survived the horror were on the lawn, dazed.
—Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 5 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Greene made the catch, and Meadows landed on his back in a daze, barely moving with his hands pointed up and blood appearing on his face.
—Dave Campbell, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
In the band’s heyday, Anthony Kiedis, with his bare torso and long girlish copper-blond hair, looked like a ’70s teen idol who’d become a Warhol hustler – a street-flesh god like Joe Dallesandro, except that where Dallesandro was in a daze, Kiedis was a live wire.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
Fairview came out throwing haymakers, dazing the Bruins in the early going.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 23 Nov. 2025
Firefighters were trying to put out flames, others were trying to find victims inside, Sanford's truck was still there and church members who'd just survived the horror were on the lawn, dazed.
—Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daze
Noun
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Dabbing the cloth in rubbing alcohol, working away the dirty blots on the glass, waiting for the haze in my head to focus, and a new line to come to me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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There’s also a slight haze effect across the image as the front camera struggles to handle the overhead fluorescent lighting.—
Kimberly Gedeon,
PC Magazine,
2 June 2026
Verb
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Lithgow, to the contrary, was clearly stunned — and deeply honored.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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The speed stunned Hamlin, who credited his team with some quick fixes that stabilized the wounded vehicle.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
Verb
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Hadi Alodid, 30, was ordered to be held in jail after appearing by video in Belfast Magistrates' Court, where prosecutors accused him of blinding Stephen Ogilvie in his left eye during Monday's attack.—
Bradford Betz,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
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This narrow focus blinded regulators to how a struggling airline like Spirit could have benefited from the scale and cost synergies of a merger, providing better services to consumers.—
Alexander Ciccone,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
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Olney says more than half the growers Ridge buys zinfandel grapes from have names ending in ‘i,’ including Pagani, which is in a little bowl south of Kenwood where the fog comes in.—
Laura Ness,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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There is snow on the mountains, dense fog that blankets crops in the fall, giving life to wine-country grapes, fires in the dry season and the occasional earthquake.—
Zinzi Clemmons,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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Giles does this by putting Buffy into a trance with a crystal and then injecting her with muscle relaxants and adrenaline suppressors.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 June 2026
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Jamie hesitated and then, in an actorly kind of trance, came over and joined her on the bed.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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“Daze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daze. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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