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
Both chatbots can sometimes hallucinate and make up quotes.
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PC Magazine, 19 June 2025
That proprietary content makes gen AI more distinctive, more knowledgeable about your products and services, less likely to hallucinate, and more likely to bring economic value.
—Harvard Business Review, 28 May 2025
Google also recently added artificial intelligence features to Google Maps, which could have hallucinated the false traffic jams.
—Ashley Belanger – May 30, ArsTechnica, 30 May 2025
Remember, AIs hallucinate: AIs have a nasty habit of making up facts and then making recommendations based on these non-existent facts.
—Jeff Catlin, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
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PC Magazine, 19 June 2025
That proprietary content makes gen AI more distinctive, more knowledgeable about your products and services, less likely to hallucinate, and more likely to bring economic value.
—Harvard Business Review, 28 May 2025
Google also recently added artificial intelligence features to Google Maps, which could have hallucinated the false traffic jams.
—Ashley Belanger – May 30, ArsTechnica, 30 May 2025
Remember, AIs hallucinate: AIs have a nasty habit of making up facts and then making recommendations based on these non-existent facts.
—Jeff Catlin, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinate
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According to statements from camp officials and survivors, Eastland was last seen leading a group of girls from a cabin trying to get them to safety.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
8 July 2025
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Chicago O’Hare, one of the world’s busiest airports, saw nearly 114,000 passengers, also a record.—
Frank Holmes,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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You might be tempted to spend today daydreaming or reading romantic novels or poetry.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
28 June 2025
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That’s the core of this experience, aimed squarely at anyone who’s daydreamed about summiting the highest mountain on earth.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
25 June 2025
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Even though no one ever could have imagined it at the time, the Yankees weren’t going to win Torre one more Series, weren’t even going to make it back there even after having led three games to none.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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Third, imagine how scattered and confused the AI community would be without a flag of AGI as the purposeful aim afoot.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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No wonder so many people dream of trading chaos for this kind of quiet luxury.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
9 July 2025
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Barbra Streisand’s recording career has lasted longer than most musical acts can dream of.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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While Leslie’s book is largely about Lennon, McCartney and their fruitful collaborations, contemplate what George Harrison became.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Wright decided to come out after contemplating suicide in 2006.—
Jeff Nelson,
People.com,
30 June 2025
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Everyone fantasizes about this profession and this industry being so deeply creative and born of impulse and character.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2025
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Lopez plays Ingrid Luna, aka Aurora, aka the Spider Woman, a movie star about whom a gay Argentinian prisoner fantasizes.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
5 June 2025
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When evaluating dysphonia, otolaryngologists place a flexible tube attached to a tiny camera through a person's nose or mouth—called a fiberoptic scope—to visualize the larynx and vocal cords.—
Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
5 July 2025
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Images courtesy of the researchers Researchers have developed a way to use high-frequency electromagnetic waves to visualize objects that are hidden from view – such as a tool in a pile of junk or a vase in a cardboard box – with much greater accuracy than before.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
4 July 2025
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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 16 Jul. 2025.
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