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
At some point or another, just about anyone who calls themselves a Giants fan has probably fantasized about the prospect of Shohei Ohtani taking the mound at Oracle Park.
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Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 12 July 2025
Taken in by a teenage daughter of the family, who’s fantasizing about taking her own life, the two teens develop a warm and intense relationship.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 13 May 2025
Everyone fantasizes about this profession and this industry being so deeply creative and born of impulse and character.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
Lopez plays Ingrid Luna, aka Aurora, aka the Spider Woman, a movie star about whom a gay Argentinian prisoner fantasizes.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 5 June 2025
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Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 12 July 2025
Taken in by a teenage daughter of the family, who’s fantasizing about taking her own life, the two teens develop a warm and intense relationship.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 13 May 2025
Everyone fantasizes about this profession and this industry being so deeply creative and born of impulse and character.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
Lopez plays Ingrid Luna, aka Aurora, aka the Spider Woman, a movie star about whom a gay Argentinian prisoner fantasizes.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fantasize
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If a highly fit teenage boy can die of heat stroke on a hot day, imagine the degree of challenge to older folks who typically are much less fit.—
Bryant Stamford,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
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The play imagines what would happen if President Abraham Lincoln's assassination wasn't exactly a bad thing for his insufferable wife.—
Nigel Smith,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The proposal envisions an up-front $1.5 trillion investment to give the fund 75 years to grow.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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The Cubs haven’t plotted out Soroka’s schedule beyond that, but Counsell envisions Soroka needing more than one catch session before progressing to a bullpen.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Try to test the performance of your AI tool against a manual task to see the difference in time spent, performance and quality of output.—
Zoe Lu,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Wagner never expected that the restaurant would see this amount of water damage.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Sweeney plays a meek diner waitress named Penny Jo, who dreams of becoming a country singer and gets caught up in a bloody battle for a pricey Native American relic.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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Her unwavering fight for equal prize money in professional tennis forever changed the game, paving the way for future generations to dream bigger.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Fantasize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fantasize. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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