as in to see
to see or sense something or someone that is not really there; to have hallucinations
The patient may hallucinate if she has a fever.
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Recent Examples of hallucinate
Song was dehydrated and hallucinating, the witness said.
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Emerson Clarridge
updated March 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2026
Colby scrambles through someone else’s bag like way back in season two, and someone hallucinates beef jerky.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
The report was riddled with fake citations that appeared to be hallucinated by AI, which the White House attributed to formatting errors; HHS then corrected the report by removing the false citations and swapping in new references.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
Models will always be capable of hallucinating, so the objective is to build full systems that ensure—though not zero risk—but reliability superior to current processes.
—Sylvain Duranton, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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Emerson Clarridge
updated March 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2026
Colby scrambles through someone else’s bag like way back in season two, and someone hallucinates beef jerky.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
The report was riddled with fake citations that appeared to be hallucinated by AI, which the White House attributed to formatting errors; HHS then corrected the report by removing the false citations and swapping in new references.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
Models will always be capable of hallucinating, so the objective is to build full systems that ensure—though not zero risk—but reliability superior to current processes.
—Sylvain Duranton, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hallucinate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinate
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The fact is that recent or older series can gain new footholds with modern viewers who haven’t seen them.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
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Actor Sarah Jessica Parker was seen walking down the grand staircase at the New York Public Library with Queen Camilla after a literacy event this afternoon.—
Emma Caughlan,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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While laying in his bed one afternoon, an overweight Eric Fiedler daydreamed about a goal that seemed far out of reach.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
29 Mar. 2026
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Office workers who daydream of being their own boss may fantasize about calling the shots, earning sky-high salaries, and setting their own schedules—but stepping into a founder’s shoes would break them from the spell.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
8 Mar. 2026
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But dismantling polluting industries, trying to clean up our air and our water, and imagining a health care system not driven by profit would take coordinated, radical restructuring.—
Hannah Kerman,
STAT,
29 Apr. 2026
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Just imagine Bill Belichick and Rob Gronkowski smashing vodka Red Bulls and partying it up.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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My parents had been dreaming of visiting a holy site in southern France for decades when the opportunity to go finally arose.—
Mary Beth Skylis,
Travel + Leisure,
3 May 2026
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Every company dreams of one day having a space of its own.—
Glenn Davis,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Here was a more congenial setting for contemplating liberty than Paris or Port-au-Prince.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The Louisiana case is more likely to have an impact in other states that may be contemplating redistricting.—
Jack Fink,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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Kudrow, who starred as the free-spirited Phoebe Buffay, said the writers reprimanded the cast for forgetting lines and spent their off-hours fantasizing about her female co-stars.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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That’s not the same as fantasizing about Chinese lifestyles from afar.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Two days after the alleged assassin, believed to be a left-wing activist, was handcuffed at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the Wall Street Journal created a graph visualizing the CSIS study’s findings.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
1 May 2026
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This model is staged with furniture and some belongings, which is really helpful for visualizing what small living in this home actually looks like.—
Adam Williams
April 23,
New Atlas,
23 Apr. 2026
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Managers and their co-workers need to work hard to establish the link between the team goals and the firms vision and show how their work can effect the performance of the organization.—
Andrew Mawson,
Forbes,
27 Sep. 2024
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In 2019, under the guidance of Assembly Chair Felix Rivera, the Assembly hired Laurie Wolf to facilitate a series of three strategic visioning meetings to better define our goals for years 2019-2021.—
Anchorage Daily News,
Anchorage Daily News,
28 Mar. 2020
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“Hallucinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallucinate. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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