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Recent Examples of dream
Noun
This cal is every candle lover’s dream. Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 29 Sep. 2025 Frustrated, Dad would wave his arms semaphore style in these dreams. Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
People even began to dream of a new order. Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025 The Spanish driver secured the sticker for Sunday's race and ended up finishing on the podium, a feat that Sainz could only have dreamed about early in the season. Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dream
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dream
Noun
  • The series can feel like a collective daydream.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Kacy Hill’s music sounds — and feels — like an ethereal daydream.
    Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • When asked about whether as many as 300,000 workers could lose their jobs, Vought emphasized the administration’s broader goal of shrinking Washington’s reach.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • With a clearer picture of cash flow, an advisor can make investing recommendations based on your goals, risk tolerance and timeline.
    Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The earthquake nterrupted the Miss Asia Pacific International 2025 beauty pageant in Cebu City, Philippines.
    Rajeev Tyagi, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • So just remember that honesty isn’t necessarily about blurting out whatever judgment is on your mind—or holding someone else to your own standards about beauty.
    Miriam Kirmayer, SELF, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Compounding the cacophony is a Jonny Greenwood score that veers between manic percolation—imagine a xylophone humping a coffeepot—and grandly operatic surges of synth.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Drivers like Doell aren’t imagining the transformation.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The milky manicure—which gives the illusion of a milky bath—has inspired plenty of spin-offs, usually worn with long almond nails.
    Grace McCarty, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2025
  • As represented by Camus, absurdism emphasizes accepting the absurdity of life and finding joy without illusions, often through gallows humor.
    Big Think, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Personality and purpose Upon entering the home, the first room one notices is Catherine's spacious office, which sits just to the left of the front door.
    Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
  • While the Sixers theoretically have four centers, one is the brittle Joel Embiid, two are youngsters who haven’t clearly established themselves yet (Adem Bona and Johni Broome) and the other is a near-the-end Andre Drummond, who might also be traded for tax purposes.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The stakes are relatively low, and the childhood wonder may not work for more cynical adult viewers, but Skeleton Crew is a solid example of Star Wars' unlimited potential to tell all kinds of stories without having to relate everything back to the Skywalker Saga.
    Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
  • So grab your telescope — or just your imagination — and prepare to explore the luminous wonders above.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Anderson envisioned the scene where Penn’s Lockjaw does his paternity test with Willa as taking place in a chapel, so La Purisima’s sanctuary provided the perfect backdrop for his perverse quest.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Lazarus envisions Versant as a bridge between the past and future of media, a company that will use the large but declining cash generated by cable subscriptions to fund acquisition and investment in building the next generation of news and sports media.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Dream.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dream. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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