hallucinated

past tense of hallucinate

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Recent Examples of hallucinated Meanwhile, software platforms could identify frequently hallucinated names before attackers register them. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026 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
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
  • Monsieur Boucheron could hardly have imagined the evolution of high jewelry today.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Advertisement Max staggers and envisions his dead wife and imagined son again before pulling himself back to his closing argument.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • That finally changed in 2019 when Disney completed its acquisition of Fox, bringing the X-Men rights under Marvel’s control and opening the door for the crossover fans had dreamed about for years.
    Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026
  • One reader still dreamed about the South 21 cheeseburger a decade after going vegetarian.
    Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • But the revolt imperiled Infantino, as Europe contemplated replacing him with Nasser Al-Khelaifi, a hugely influential figure in European club soccer.
    Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 30 July 2026
  • Then, as Bowman contemplated his future throughout the season, vacillating between retiring at the end of this season or next, the notion that Zilisch could replace him picked up steady traction through the summer.
    Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • In a July 2025 text chain, an agent pondered whether facial recognition tools could be used to identify people on TikTok who admitted to being in the country illegally.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • In a July interview with Rolling Stone, Foreman pondered why his story went viral.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • 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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“Hallucinated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallucinated. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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