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Recent Examples of hallucinatory
Michael Herr’s Dispatches is a fast-paced, hallucinatory account of his time covering the American War in Vietnam War for Esquire, built from vivid, ground-level experiences that show the psychological chaos of the conflict.
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Literary Hub, 19 Dec. 2025
Players take on the role of Katja, a denizen of the last city on Earth, solving puzzles and exploring the mind-bending original world where real and hallucinatory fears lurk around every corner.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 2 Dec. 2025
While the errors did not alter the report’s fundamental findings in either case, the slipups point to risks when corporations rely on still-hallucinatory AI, especially in jobs like consulting that are threatened by the technology.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 26 Nov. 2025
Perkins specializes in conjuring an overall sense of dread and coming up with hallucinatory images that work better as free-form conduits of fear than as, say, puzzle pieces designed to fill in a big picture.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
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Literary Hub, 19 Dec. 2025
Players take on the role of Katja, a denizen of the last city on Earth, solving puzzles and exploring the mind-bending original world where real and hallucinatory fears lurk around every corner.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 2 Dec. 2025
While the errors did not alter the report’s fundamental findings in either case, the slipups point to risks when corporations rely on still-hallucinatory AI, especially in jobs like consulting that are threatened by the technology.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 26 Nov. 2025
Perkins specializes in conjuring an overall sense of dread and coming up with hallucinatory images that work better as free-form conduits of fear than as, say, puzzle pieces designed to fill in a big picture.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinatory
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Discovering them years later in a tiny town in rural Nebraska felt like a surreal but serendipitous reunion.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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There’s something surreal about leaving the crowds of North Myrtle Beach behind, riding along a quiet stretch of shoreline, and watching the sky shift into soft pinks, golds, and purples over the water.—
Abby Price,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The action is punctuated by flash-frame collages that bring earlier and later observations together in a tumble of associations and hint at the drama’s mystical, phantasmagorical essence.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Today, the public district collection comprises some 35 large-scale murals, sculptures and installations, including the phantasmagoric exterior of its Museum Garage.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
30 Nov. 2025
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These images are interwoven with letters to an ambiguous, ageless, and perhaps illusory recipient.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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Put another way, the self can be both illusory and real, or real enough.—
Michael Pollan,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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This isn’t callousness or delusive optimism but, rather, a rebellion against the suffocating expectation that the elderly have foreclosed the possibility of joy.—
Hillary Kelly,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2024
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To separate art from its historical framework is futile, and to reject it in an effort to censor past violence is a delusive act of virtue signaling.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
5 July 2022
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Your brain treats heartbreak like a physical injury That crushing feeling in your chest isn’t imaginary.—
Kyra Dahring,
CNN Money,
14 Feb. 2026
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Lugers tilt to an imaginary track.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Margot Robbie’s Catherine is whimsical, impulsive and occasionally delusional, a woman intoxicated by her own volatility.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Feb. 2026
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Fourth, despite the near-zero chance that the project would ever be completed, this hasn’t stopped delusional souls from looking beyond the primary Los Angeles to San Francisco project.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Who wants to sit through a fictitious novelist’s clumsy drafts?—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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The committee requested that information after a congressional watchdog found last December that the enhanced premium tax credits were vulnerable to fraud, with auditors successfully obtaining subsidized coverage for multiple ‘fictitious’ applicants.—
Sophie Brams,
The Hill,
10 Feb. 2026
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Terms & Conditions interweaves fictional and historical characters in an immersive story that spans 247 years across land and sea.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
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Lawrence, who serves as executive producer on the new incarnation, can also see a parallel between his path and that of his fictional creations.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Hallucinatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallucinatory. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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