as in to imagine
to form a mental picture of
all those lottery players fantasizing themselves as living in extravagant luxury
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Recent Examples of fantasize
Like most things in life, the reality of fame is not what most people fantasize about.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Shreya, a 33-year-old orthodontist from India, says fantasizing or having thoughts about someone else that give you butterflies definitely fall into the cheating category.
—Varuna Srinivasan, Allure, 27 May 2025
Adoptees who could only fantasize about their birth families are now identifying them through DNA testing and chatting with them online.
—Barbara Demick, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
Others even fantasized about how Corum might be involved if the couple were to take their relationship to the next level.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 22 May 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Shreya, a 33-year-old orthodontist from India, says fantasizing or having thoughts about someone else that give you butterflies definitely fall into the cheating category.
—Varuna Srinivasan, Allure, 27 May 2025
Adoptees who could only fantasize about their birth families are now identifying them through DNA testing and chatting with them online.
—Barbara Demick, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
Others even fantasized about how Corum might be involved if the couple were to take their relationship to the next level.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fantasize
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Even though no one ever could have imagined it at the time, the Yankees weren’t going to win Torre one more Series, weren’t even going to make it back there even after having led three games to none.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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Our nation has morphed far beyond the republic that the founders initially imagined.—
Joanna Allhands,
AZCentral.com,
4 July 2025
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The seminars serve as a way to help students envision themselves as being successful and create more self-confidence.—
Irit Skulnik,
Baltimore Sun,
27 June 2025
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Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer – who knows a thing or two about placing a smash song into a film – and directed by Kosinski, F1 was always envisioned as a global spectacle.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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And club captain Marc-Andre ter Stegen is first on the list of those the club would like to see leave before the end of the transfer window.—
Pol Ballús,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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Heathcote will next be seen in the third season of Paramount + series Tulsa King.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
26 June 2025
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Living life in isolation, a girl dreams of luxury and beauty, fantasizing about possessing the looks of her celebrity idol and winning the heart of her unrequited love.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
27 June 2025
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During the madness around planning the Tribeca premiere at Carnegie Hall (which the violin-playing Jayne Mansfield had dreamed of playing), Sardelli checked in by email.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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“Fantasize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fantasize. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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