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
Plus, multiple studies suggest that if there’s missing information in your medical records, models are more likely to hallucinate, or produce incorrect or misleading results.
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Angela Haupt, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
Chen says their models hallucinate far less than traditional LLMs and already match state-of-the-art performance in time-series forecasting tasks like weather prediction, quantitative trading, and medical monitoring.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025
Kali can make people hallucinate and convince them to see and experience things that aren’t really happening.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
Anthropic also noted an interesting limitation is how Claude Code would hallucinate inaccurate information to the Chinese hackers, including overstating findings or fabricating data.
—PC Magazine, 13 Nov. 2025
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Angela Haupt, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
Chen says their models hallucinate far less than traditional LLMs and already match state-of-the-art performance in time-series forecasting tasks like weather prediction, quantitative trading, and medical monitoring.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025
Kali can make people hallucinate and convince them to see and experience things that aren’t really happening.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
Anthropic also noted an interesting limitation is how Claude Code would hallucinate inaccurate information to the Chinese hackers, including overstating findings or fabricating data.
—PC Magazine, 13 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinate
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Neighbors confirmed seeing local police and FBI agents at the home in the suburban community of Southwest Ranches.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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Scream 7 sees the return of Campbell and many other franchise faves.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
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To daydream and plan a summer vacation.—
Nathan Rott,
NPR,
10 Feb. 2026
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Living a normal life as Adam Glenn, he is stuck in a boring office job, while daydreaming of fantasy and faraway lands.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
24 Jan. 2026
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Around here, the distance from driveway to destiny feels close enough to imagine.—
Peter Folan,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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This one is imagined with a rosy, lychee element that reads as pink, inviting, juicy—and absolutely signature scent worthy.—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
25 Feb. 2026
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Rio’s staunch griminess, dreaming of whacking his brother and wanting to cut his nephew’s tongue for snitching, drags Fxce out into the open sea.—
Matthew Ritchie,
Pitchfork,
23 Feb. 2026
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Steele Canyon High School track coach Charles Tyler has the kind of dilemma most coaches dream of.—
Steve Brand,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
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When contemplating the future of Bloom Ranch, Releford leans on the wisdom of the land.—
Martine Thompson,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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That could eviscerate Anthropic’s growth—just as the company, which is currently valued at $380 billion, has been seeing significant commercial traction and is contemplating an initial public offering as soon as next year.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
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Hedda’s romantic picture — of Lovborg dying magnificently, with Dionysian vine leaves in his hairs, from a bullet of one of her own guns — smacks of the same literary cliches that has Emma fantasizing about a torchlight wedding at midnight.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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When her daughter was born in December, Ivanova called her Yustyna – the name the couple picked together when fantasizing about having children.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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One way to cut that cycle off is to visualize the end of your day, Mark said.—
Natalia V. Osipova,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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Then visualize the balloon rising higher and the roots growing deeper.—
Michael Chad Hoeppner,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 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 2 Mar. 2026.
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