fantasies 1 of 2

variants also phantasies
plural of fantasy

fantasies

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of fantasy

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fantasies
Noun
Ancient buildings are not fantasies beyond reach, but the living evidence of history’s continuing line. Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 But those ads fueled my childhood music fantasies in ways that still hit deep for me. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026 Paul Anthony Kelly looks comfortable traversing both fantasies. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2026 The Acton teen accused of killing his mother and younger brother after first working out his violent fantasies through chats with the AI bot ChatGPT was ordered held without bail. Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2026 This is the same thing, only moms are living their I-wish-when-I-was-in-college fantasies through their daughters. Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 But an upcoming drone show themed to the wizarding world may be the best chance for Sacramentans to live out their Hogwarts fantasies. Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026 From Churchill onward, many British leaders clung to fantasies of global power and splendid isolation from Europe, fantasies that culminated in the disaster of Brexit. Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Shamelessness has been central to Trump’s business and political success, and his reaction to setbacks is to deny objective facts and construct fantasies of achievement. Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fantasies
Noun
  • For many people, the drawers full of sweets in the Brittany Mahomes video are the stuff of dreams.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Too close to the source and our dreams will be burned to ashes by the needs and personality of the host itself.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The ultimate object of these fictions is disorientation, more than belief.
    David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Invasion fictions tended to spring up in response to each new form of invasion panic.
    Ivan Kreilkamp, JSTOR Daily, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • The Komlós conjecture imagines each person (or object) as an arrow of length 1 called a unit vector.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The show imagines communities centered on the Mississippi River, which flows through Minneapolis, and the installation echoes a riverbed, with platforms approximating islands.
    Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Although the exhibit features 27 separate visions and artworks, there’s a sense of cohesion among the installations, murals and sculptures.
    Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • This could be a change of scenery or perhaps a new mindset that inspires new visions and opportunities for the future.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The second book, Shift, consists of alternating flashback sequences, telling both the origin story of the silos and tales from past rebellions.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The movie is inspired by Gavras’ affinity for mythology, having grown up listening to his father interweave tales with myths.
    Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Instacart envisions a future where online and in-store experiences are unified, transforming physical stores into intelligent networks, though customer trust and operational fit remain paramount for widespread adoption.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Krebs envisions the same controller mounted directly in a real cabin, functioning almost like a prosthetic, an oversized extension of the operator's arm.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • And amidst the momentum of reverie, there’s the line ‘Blink at the light and hope to survive,’ because daydreams in a fascist state can be scary too.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 June 2026
  • One-touch passing, feinting and ripping hard shots into a tattered net, each is super-charged by vivid daydreams of glory on the international stage.
    Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Still, state media have been highlighting stories about cafes and other businesses being forced to close for failing to enforce rules on clothing.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • His approach combines research on neuroscience and productivity with personal experience and stories.
    John Hall, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

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“Fantasies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fantasies. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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