variants
or dreamt
as in imagined
to form a mental picture of
I dreamed that I was living on that proverbial desert island in the South Pacific
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Recent Examples of dreamed
With its emphasis on competitiveness and staying on the edge of technological advancement, plus the perks, Intel was the place where graduates of top computer science schools, such as Caltech, dreamed of landing a gig.
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Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Steve Sax is the homegrown kid who dreamed big and achieved it.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 28 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
Her husband always dreamed of opening a sports center youth in Puerto Rico, so in 1976, spearheaded by Vera, the Ciudad Deportiva Roberto Clemente (Roberto Clemente Sports City) was established, according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
For Xin, who has dreamed of international stardom throughout her nearly two-decade career in Chinese cinema, the Venice recognition marks a significant step toward that goal.
—Jenny S. Li, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
Fred Bear in his own way became a much greater advocate of bowhunting than either Pope or Young ever dreamed of.
—Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
Ugandan middle distance runner Docus Ajok dreamed of being an Olympic champion.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Alongside their journey to K-pop stardom was a Chinese American kid named Kenny, who barely spoke Korean at the time but dreamed of becoming a musical artist.
—Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Steve Sax is the homegrown kid who dreamed big and achieved it.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 28 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
Her husband always dreamed of opening a sports center youth in Puerto Rico, so in 1976, spearheaded by Vera, the Ciudad Deportiva Roberto Clemente (Roberto Clemente Sports City) was established, according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
For Xin, who has dreamed of international stardom throughout her nearly two-decade career in Chinese cinema, the Venice recognition marks a significant step toward that goal.
—Jenny S. Li, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
Fred Bear in his own way became a much greater advocate of bowhunting than either Pope or Young ever dreamed of.
—Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
Ugandan middle distance runner Docus Ajok dreamed of being an Olympic champion.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Alongside their journey to K-pop stardom was a Chinese American kid named Kenny, who barely spoke Korean at the time but dreamed of becoming a musical artist.
—Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreamed
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Christopher Smith does this in a physical way, going from one dimension to another that’s as different from his own life as can possibly be imagined.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Sep. 2025
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While Amon’s keynote address in Maui imagined a future with numerous AI agents working on-device, the current reality is more modest.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Sep. 2025
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By the late 2010s, the precursors of ChatGPT, Gemini, and DALL-E were spluttering to life, making real the future that the Army had envisioned in World War II.—
Angus Fletcher,
Big Think,
29 Sep. 2025
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No one in the Ravens organization envisioned such a start.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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The trees were cut down, sawed in half, hollowed out and tied back together for the musicians to use.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Aug. 2025
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Fanatics shared the moment Tennessee Titans first overall pick, quarterback Cam Ward, saw Brady pop up on the screen to give him some wise words.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Dreamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreamed. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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