as in imaginary
not real and existing only in the imagination
most of those auditioning had only a fantasied talent for singing
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as in imagined
to form a mental picture of
She regularly fantasies exciting adventures.
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fantasied
Adjective
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But what were his motivations for the sculptural cut that reduced the body by a third, literally disabling all of the fetish’s functions except for those of its primary feature, the design, thereby intensifying it, endowing it even with an imaginary, almost futuristic acceleration?—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025 -
Dairy farmers should not be the villains in an imaginary climate change narrative - they should be respected as part of the backbone of our state's rural economy and heritage.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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Swanky suites and expensive lounges near the best viewing areas help woo clientele, who then help inflate revenue beyond what anyone could have imagined in earlier eras.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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In our timeline, the '50s and '60s were full of artists and thinkers who imagined utopian futures full of miracle inventions like flying cars and robot friends.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Of course injuries change things, but the make up of this team is definitely feeling quite a bit different than originally envisioned and thank goodness for David Sterns ability to build multiple layers of depth in the organization.—
Tim Britton,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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In the national park’s 1980 management plan, an east-west trail spanning the length of the park was envisioned.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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That’s the assessment in Ari Aster’s Eddington, which views that collective national trauma through the microcosm of a fictitious New Mexico small town.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
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The trials and tribulations of the fictitious protagonist, however, have precedents.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Apr. 2025
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According to the affidavit, the inmates somehow sawed through the steel bars behind the toilet and then bent them.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
20 May 2025
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The rest of the installment was apparently taken after it was sawed off from its base at the ankles.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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The film takes place in 2020 — yes, that 2020 — in the most visceral way, with the anti-mask local sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) of the fictional Eddington, New Mexico, facing off against the town’s COVID-guideline-advocate mayor, played by Pedro Pascal (the second of his three summer releases).—
Rance Collins,
IndieWire,
10 June 2025
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Standing in for the Duke of Hastings’ fictional Clyvedon Castle in season one, this real-life Baroque masterpiece is located in North Yorkshire, England, and has been in the Howard family for more than three centuries.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
10 June 2025
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Miranda, a now 49-year-old sales associate, had dreamed since childhood of having hazel or green eyes.—
Saima S. Iqbal,
Scientific American,
8 Apr. 2025
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No one dreamed that chase would take nine years, but more teams around the country invested in catching up and the Huskies had several seasons thrown off course by injuries.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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And as one dad recently shared on Reddit, the days of explaining things with talk of storks or other mythical tales are likely over.—
Christian Dashiell,
Parents,
7 June 2025
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Acceptance means acknowledging that zero-failure AI systems are mythical.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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“Fantasied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fantasied. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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