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as in visions
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality
his invention is only a dream right now, but someday it might be a reality
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as in goals
something that one hopes or intends to accomplish
my dream is to open my own restaurant
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as in beauties
something very good of its kind
the Alaskan cruise exceeded their wildest expectations—it was a dream of a vacation
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as in imagines
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 dreams
Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
The project follows the story of an undocumented immigrant who has always relied heavily on her legal daughter to get through life in America, but everything begins to change when her daughter wants to pursue her own dreams.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
The California Gold Rush brought big dreams to the West.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Baked in a screaming hot skillet, this cornbread has the brown, crispy edge of our dreams.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2025
That is what dreams are made of.
—Maggie Fremont, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2025
Rob was active and well-liked — the youngest in his family, full of dreams.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
OpenAI and Amazon announced Monday that the former will pay the latter $38 billion over seven years for computing capacity to fuel its AI dreams.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Some people simply notice that their dreams are more intense and shrug them off.
—Stacey Colino, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2025
Miami will need to avoid repeating history to keep its College Football Playoff dreams alive.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Finally, there is Celeste (Kristolyn Lloyd), a Black woman who was forced to leave New York to come home and care for her ailing mother, but still dreams of writing and making a difference.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
The company also partners with celebrities like Sabrina Carpenter to offer unique experiences where guests can live out their pop star dreams for a day.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
In arguably Buster Keaton’s most experimental film, the silent-era slapstick comedian plays a movie projectionist who dreams of becoming a detective.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
But Safdie has applied that signature aesthetic to a story of much grander scope, of an American misfit who dreams big.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Hothead dreams neither of lesbian supremacy nor of assimilation but of a radical fluidity.
—Jo Livingstone, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Bend it Like Beckham follows Jess Bhamra (Parminder Nagra) who dreams of becoming a professional soccer player.
—Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
Blending Sufi classics, absurdist dreams, careful mathematical calculations and lyrical narratives, Ismailov invents an ingenious transnational poetics of love and longing for the digital age.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
The project follows the story of an undocumented immigrant who has always relied heavily on her legal daughter to get through life in America, but everything begins to change when her daughter wants to pursue her own dreams.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
The California Gold Rush brought big dreams to the West.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Baked in a screaming hot skillet, this cornbread has the brown, crispy edge of our dreams.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2025
That is what dreams are made of.
—Maggie Fremont, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2025
Rob was active and well-liked — the youngest in his family, full of dreams.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
OpenAI and Amazon announced Monday that the former will pay the latter $38 billion over seven years for computing capacity to fuel its AI dreams.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Some people simply notice that their dreams are more intense and shrug them off.
—Stacey Colino, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
The new movie will follow the story of a 12-year-old boy who dreams of being a professional basketball player, producers said.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2025
Miami will need to avoid repeating history to keep its College Football Playoff dreams alive.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Finally, there is Celeste (Kristolyn Lloyd), a Black woman who was forced to leave New York to come home and care for her ailing mother, but still dreams of writing and making a difference.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
The company also partners with celebrities like Sabrina Carpenter to offer unique experiences where guests can live out their pop star dreams for a day.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
In arguably Buster Keaton’s most experimental film, the silent-era slapstick comedian plays a movie projectionist who dreams of becoming a detective.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
But Safdie has applied that signature aesthetic to a story of much grander scope, of an American misfit who dreams big.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Hothead dreams neither of lesbian supremacy nor of assimilation but of a radical fluidity.
—Jo Livingstone, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Bend it Like Beckham follows Jess Bhamra (Parminder Nagra) who dreams of becoming a professional soccer player.
—Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreams
Noun
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Many immigrant novels contain similar scenes, in which hapless characters embrace improbable visions of America, only to be chastened upon arrival.—
Tope Folarin,
The Atlantic,
8 Nov. 2025
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Microsoft President Brad Smith speaks at a press conference at the Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia about future visions for the development and application of artificial intelligence in education in NRW in Berlin on June 4, 2025.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The observatory is conducting a ten-year-long survey of the southern sky, dubbed the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, which has as one of its principal goals improving our understanding of the nature of both dark energy and dark matter.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Coming into his 21st season in the league, Ovechkin needed three goals to become the inaugural member of the 900 club.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Give me rather fair Nature’s beauties shed abroad to my view, and ‘twill lend a charm to everything.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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The best office chairs on Amazon can fix that, ranging from our favorite overall, Herman Miller’s Aeron Office Chair, to ergonomic beauties from Branch, Flexispot, and Haworth that come cosigned by AD staffers.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
30 Oct. 2025
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Cortese plays a Greek diner owner who is living with dementia and imagines himself as a late-night talk show host.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
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The young blood’s plan is to kill the Kalis, an apex predator said to be unkillable, and bring its head home to dad, who Dek imagines will finally accept him as his son with the right trophy kill.—
Andy Crump,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Luke, however, didn’t mind sharing his sometimes pie-in-the-sky fantasies and hopes with others.—
Marissa R. Moss,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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Chartering a speedboat, we were whisked into the bay, a spellbinding expanse of calm, amniotic water dotted with more than 50 tiny islands and pristine beaches that called to mind castaway fantasies.—
David Amsden,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Many clubs across the English football pyramid, such as Manchester City and Leeds United, have posted on their websites about their Remembrance Day plans for this weekend.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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While it's left some passengers making backup plans and reserving rental cars, the flights canceled Friday represented just a small portion of overall flights nationwide.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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DarkSky International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting the night sky, has identified some of the best spots for witnessing the wonders of the cosmos across the island country.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Nov. 2025
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Inomata and his colleagues also believe that the site would have been built by willing participants, not compulsory labor used to construct many ancient wonders such as Egypt’s pyramids and later Maya cities.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Owens envisions a Charlotte composed of 10-minute cities and livable communities that support work, recreation and housing without lengthy commutes.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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Announced this week, the project envisions compact networks of satellites equipped with Google’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), interconnected through optical links, and powered by nearly continuous sunlight.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Dreams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreams. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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