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
The success of Marchita brought the kind of opportunities that Estrada — the daughter of luthiers from the verdant hills of Coatepec, Veracruz — had dreamed of just a few years earlier.
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Cat Cardenas, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2025
The military campaign appeased his far-right coalition partners, who called to expand Israel’s assault on Gaza and dreamed of fully re-occupying the territory.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Still, Keaton thought her mother dreamed of something bigger.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
As a young girl, the New York native did school plays and dreamed of becoming a Broadway star.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
But also the moment right now for her is everything that she’s built up to and has dreamed of doing.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
There is an entire generation navigating a world that has always been illuminated by the glow of laptops, tablets, and smartphones, living every hour with nearly 24/7 access to a universe of more data and content than past eras could have ever dreamed of amassing.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
The writer dreamed of someday being remembered kindly—hopefully by Americans.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
The 15-year-old had an encyclopedic knowledge of New York City’s subway system and dreamed of becoming a train operator.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Cat Cardenas, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2025
The military campaign appeased his far-right coalition partners, who called to expand Israel’s assault on Gaza and dreamed of fully re-occupying the territory.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Still, Keaton thought her mother dreamed of something bigger.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
As a young girl, the New York native did school plays and dreamed of becoming a Broadway star.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
But also the moment right now for her is everything that she’s built up to and has dreamed of doing.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
There is an entire generation navigating a world that has always been illuminated by the glow of laptops, tablets, and smartphones, living every hour with nearly 24/7 access to a universe of more data and content than past eras could have ever dreamed of amassing.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
The writer dreamed of someday being remembered kindly—hopefully by Americans.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
The 15-year-old had an encyclopedic knowledge of New York City’s subway system and dreamed of becoming a train operator.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreamed
Verb
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That calls for a little extra creativity from its mom — and the movie’s narrator (Emilia Clarke) — who wriggles her mandibles and gets to work embellishing upon what Dahl imagined.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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Today’s mythographers have access to sources and tools that Casaubon could never have imagined—vast digital archives, instant machine translation, pattern-finding algorithms that would have sounded like science fiction a decade ago.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Indeed, a 2020 study found that meltwater trickling into Antarctica’s ice shelves could infiltrate cracks and force them open, a precursor to marine ice cliff instability that DeConto and colleagues envisioned.—
Evan Howell,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Oct. 2025
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Incorporating elements of the female figure in abstraction, Miró originally envisioned this piece as a small, table top sized figurine and not the massive bronze sculpture it would be come, according to an article by Christie’s.—
Sophia Arndt,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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 21 Oct. 2025.
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