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
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.
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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
Whitford suggests this may be a sign that these participants had the potential to hallucinate.
—Hannah Seo, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
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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
Whitford suggests this may be a sign that these participants had the potential to hallucinate.
—Hannah Seo, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinate
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Another source said the comedian was once frequently spotted around town over the summer but hasn't been seen since.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Ukrainian civilians are struggling with one of the coldest winters in years, which saw temperatures dip to minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 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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But all of them, and the five months of anticipation ahead, are ripe for daydreaming.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Now imagine the same with some of those teary eyes angled down toward glowing screens, while others frame the bride with their phones.—
Nikita Khanna,
Vogue,
5 Feb. 2026
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Some researchers suggested that goodbyes required cognitive abilities that many nonhuman animals might lack, such as the capacity to imagine and plan for the future.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
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Bangladesh votes on Thursday in the first election since a Gen Z rebellion toppled an ageing autocrat – an uprising tens of millions of young people dreamt could chart a new course for their country.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Making his Olympic debut, Niklas dreams of winning his own and inspiring the next generation.—
Rebecca Tauber,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Collecting vinyl, clubbing at Berghain, contemplating polyamory—this is cool.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Proponents of such laws cite potential conflicts of interest between public interests and private ones, particularly when lawmakers or officials are contemplating a move from one sphere to the other.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Dartmouth will never be affected by the fundamental transformation of America that Campbell fantasizes will soon be devastating Winthrop, Holden and the rest of the towns.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
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Storylines like this, in our age of escalating eat-the-rich sentiment, allow viewers to vicariously enjoy beautiful homes and high-maintenance bodies while also fantasizing about (or, for more comfortable audiences, safely exploring fears of) class warfare.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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Panarin was visualizing situations that might arise in games and experimenting with different ways to manipulate the puck.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Ideally, the overall structure remains, allowing researchers to visualize extra-tiny anatomy or see inside cells with tough barriers.—
Molly Herring,
Quanta Magazine,
4 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 10 Feb. 2026.
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