hallucinated

past tense of hallucinate

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Recent Examples of hallucinated Some hallucinated before fading away from exhaustion, Montoya told agents. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026 Understanding that distinction helps explain why confident answers can still be wrong or hallucinated. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026 The researchers suspect that others were created by AI that either hallucinated or, just like the AI agents browsing their file, couldn’t distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate instructions. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 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 Meanwhile, software platforms could identify frequently hallucinated names before attackers register them. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinated
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Yet its most acclaimed, and valuable, such set imagined a fictional conflict.
    — Bob Woods, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Could my grandparents have imagined working as social media influencers?
    — Ali Kashani, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Having once dreamed a modern India would be able to move past divisions of religion and caste, Jinnah became disillusioned.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Brooks, in particular, Panthers fans have dreamed about for years.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • That top-line starting pitcher everyone fantasized over all offseason?
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Rewind to 1953, and commercial artist Harry Birdsall fantasized about building a luxury convertible coupe in Harley Earl’s style, but one that could actually be purchased.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Todd has already contemplated what a sibling Grammy showdown might look like.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Approximately 18% of all Latino high school students have seriously contemplated suicide and 42% of Latino youths reported constantly feeling sad or hopeless, recent congressional studies found.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Fraser’s sculptures at the Whitney realize, in three dimensions, the sacrifice that de Monteflores’s paintings had visualized decades earlier.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • 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

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“Hallucinated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallucinated. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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