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fantasying

verb

present participle of fantasy

as in imagining

to form a mental picture of She regularly fantasies exciting adventures.

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The 10-year-old who started The Cote News isn’t ready to stop seeing a blank page and imagining how to fill it with the right words, with stories, with humor and with heart.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Musgraves found comfort in imagining Parton reuniting with her husband, Carl Dean, who died in March 2025.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of imagining

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The exterior might have many fans envisioning the famous taxi cab pulling up to the house, as depicted in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air‘s opening credits.

— Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
The Olmsted Brothers completed plans for it in 1906, envisioning its broad landscaped median as an extension of Baltimore’s park system connecting major green spaces.

— Lawrence Bell, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of envisioning

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That this particular kind of writing — and of seeing and explaining the world to readers — is going away with Swed, is truly a tragedy.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
How Floridians who seek compensation for damages from their insurers are seeing their claims rejected more often, in the wake of the sharp new limits on their ability to sue.

— Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of seeing

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Connington has spent years dreaming about a field where England’s best players have performed.

— Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Critical to healthy brain functioning is a dreaming state of unconsciousness called Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep.

— Mike McRae September 17, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of dreaming

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Consider techniques like progressive muscle relaxation, body scanning, box breathing, or even picturing your thoughts as clouds that are receding into the distance.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
Two years ago, the royal spoke at the same gathering, against a backdrop of cell phone lock screens picturing children whose mental health had been affected by social media.

— Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026

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