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
  • McGehean says this emphasis on working well together is the only way to achieve dreams.
    Jessica Bryant, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • His videos drew dozens of aspiring food truck owners, many of them immigrants like Ochoa, who entrusted him with their life savings in hopes of turning their dreams into a livelihood.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 29 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
  • Switzerland imagines Highsmith as a recluse in the Alps, closely guarding a cache of weapons and secrets after a lifetime spent writing mysteries.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have contrasting visions for the region and beyond, including Libya, Sudan, and Yemen.
    Dina Esfandiary, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The 20th century in particular abounded in such visions, some of which—The Handmaid’s Tale, or Brave New World, published in 1932 and getting spookier every day—have proved more prophetic than others.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In forums on Reddit, women share tales of having perimenopause and menopause symptoms misdiagnosed or dismissed as mental health disorders, early-onset dementia, or autoimmune issues, resulting in months or years of unnecessary testing.
    Yulin Hswen, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Vedder’s elliptical tales of adolescent trauma were a perfect fit with music that blended classic-rock tropes (especially McCready’s solos) with punk energy, grunge guitar tones and the groove-heavy vibe of early-Nineties alt-rock.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Acura envisions each of its next-gen vehicles arriving on new platforms that will be able to accommodate gas, hybrid, and, eventually, all-electric powertrains.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2026
  • SpaceX also envisions the site supporting missions beyond conventional satellite launches, including lunar and Mars missions and the deployment of satellites for its emerging orbital data center business.
    Joshua Hong, Fortune, 27 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
  • During their visit, the wife talked incessantly, sharing stories about their family members in great detail.
    R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Elwood’s conversations with CNN were peppered with alarming stories and punctuated by his broad, disarming laugh.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

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“Fantasies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fantasies. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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