Thesaurus results for HALLUCINATE

hallucinate

verb

Definition of hallucinate

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 Cox, unable to accept the death of his friend, had been hallucinating Ben’s spirit throughout the episode. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Aug. 2026 Wolff is direct about the fact that AI can hallucinate and requires constant oversight. — Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 The cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks recently studied websites at domain names whose URLs are frequently hallucinated by AI chatbots, discovering at some of these sites a range of malware and other malicious code. — David Berreby, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2026 This can lead to real-life negative results, like poor investment decisions based on viewing incorrect financial information hallucinated by large language models. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hallucinate

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Verb

Just a kid yearning to be seen, one who’s been told that being seen means being beautiful and that being beautiful means being white.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026
Big caps were offering one of the most sumptuous cushions over bonds ever seen.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of see

Verb

The one Hero Tree that Elrod can’t say too much about is the Dreaming Tree that Walt Disney used to daydream under as a boy growing up in his hometown of Marceline, Missouri.

— Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 July 2026
Modern gadgets are damaging our ability to daydream, socialize and perceive the physical world.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

Definition of daydream

Verb

Rounding out their trio is Hazel (Kennedi Reece), a sweet, naive young woman, completely sheltered by her conservative upbringing but determined to follow her Michelle Obama dreams.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Hashimi talked about having many dreams for women in Afghanistan, dreams for herself and dreams that may take time to be realized.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of dream

Verb

Before saying yes, imagine the ordinary version of the opportunity, not just the exciting announcement.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of imagine

Verb

There’s a major sequence in the film — some of which is in the trailer — where Lowen is pleasuring herself and fantasizing about having sex with Jeremy but then the fantasy switches to Verity, and Anne and Dakota kiss.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
That top-line starting pitcher everyone fantasized over all offseason?

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of fantasize

Verb

The connection to ego may help explain why rejections are so painful, even for people who had already been contemplating ending their relationship—but then their partner beat them to the punch.

— George Loewenstein, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2026
Alongside the city’s support, plans contemplate roughly $540 million in state support and $2 billion in private financing.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of contemplate

Verb

To calculate the number of holes even in large dimensions—when people can no longer visualize these figures—mathematicians use special tricks.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
The throwing is just a way to visualize it within the virtual space.

— Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of visualize

Verb

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
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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