Thesaurus results for HALLUCINATED

hallucinated

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past tense of hallucinate

as in saw

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 hallucinated Without a unified, clean, and accessible data structure, AI outputs quickly become ambiguous, hallucinated, and diluted, deepening the clarity crisis rather than resolving it. — Ali Hoss, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 The underlying technology uses sixteen years of structured mapping, global returns data, and garment construction expertise to prevent system lag and hallucinated recommendations on high-traffic shopping days. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 26 May 2026 But hallucinated references in real studies produced by humans could be just as widespread, and potentially even harder to track down. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 24 May 2026 All 20 of those vendors showed some issue with accuracy or completeness in at least one of these simple tests, including nine that hallucinated patient information, 12 that recorded information incorrectly, and 17 that missed key details about discussed mental health issues. — ArsTechnica, 14 May 2026 That number is quite low, Topaz and others said, but more worrisome is the fact that hallucinated citations are becoming more common. — Anil Oza, STAT, 7 May 2026 Last year, a Los Angeles attorney was fined for submitting a filing full of legal citations that were hallucinated by ChatGPT. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 18 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 The weather was accurate but the towns were hallucinated by the computer program. — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2026

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In the book, Covey tells the story of a man relentlessly sawing down a tree.

— Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 2 June 2026
Jordan Walker, sawed off by a 96 mph sinker, lined out softly.

— Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026

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For too long, conversations about Africa and aerospace have begun with what the continent supposedly lacks, while African women have been imagined as spectators or beneficiaries instead of astronauts and engineers.

— Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
Whether real or imagined, the stigma is there, making this particular crisis one that Taco Bell needs to address in full force.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Definition of imagined

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This ambitious strategy, known as marine cloud brightening (MCB), has been one of several geoengineering strategies contemplated as a way to counteract global warming.

— Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 8 July 2026
The story includes messages referring to the incident sent by Racicot two years later, before Platner contemplated running for office.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026

Definition of contemplated

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There was always a small part of him that fantasized about leaving it all behind and going to live off the grid.

— Steven Rowley, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
The brand's return has been fantasized for years and ecstatically anticipated ever since Marc Jacobs Beauty was credited for the makeup in Jacobs's spring 2026 New York Fashion Week show.

— Marci Robin, Allure, 20 May 2026

Definition of fantasized

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McElwee has often pondered the downside of essentially treating himself like a human camera, observing the world rather than fully engaging in it.

— Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Not bad considering national media hasn’t pondered them all season besides suggesting another player be traded away.

— Dan Hayes, New York Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of pondered

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And Russia’s true position – and with it Putin’s dilemma – can be visualized in a split screen of competing perspectives.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Researchers recently visualized a set of images across a spectrum of red, white, and blue hues compiled by the Chandra X-ray Observatory as well as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 July 2026

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