as in dream
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality
opening our own restaurant has long been a pipe dream
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Recent Examples of pipe dream
Going higher — into the complex realms of trisqueezing and quadsqueezing — has long been dismissed as an experimental pipe dream.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026
Most people would consider that to be a pipe dream, but Poulakidas didn’t.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
The days of a potential merger between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour seem to be a pipe dream now, especially as LIV stars like Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed come back to their old roots.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Country is still very much ideologically entangled with MAGA and its pipe dream of a return to the 1950s.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026
Most people would consider that to be a pipe dream, but Poulakidas didn’t.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
The days of a potential merger between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour seem to be a pipe dream now, especially as LIV stars like Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed come back to their old roots.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Country is still very much ideologically entangled with MAGA and its pipe dream of a return to the 1950s.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pipe dream
Noun
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Sign up for Euphoria Club, a newsletter overanalyzing season three of Sam Levinson’s HBO fever dream, for subscribers only.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
1 June 2026
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Talk show host Kelly Ripa never intended for her dream dress from her 1996 elopement to Mark Consuelos to be one-and-done.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
31 May 2026
Noun
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Platforms delegate the illusion of control and trade on a libertarian myth to obscure the autocratic reality.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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The modern estate is being asked to function simultaneously as residence, wellness retreat, office, sports facility and family compound, all while preserving the illusion that none of it requires management at all.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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The heady scent—a mix of white florals, amber, and sandalwood—induces daydreams of tanning on a white-sand beach.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
27 May 2026
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Nina, Karen and Caroline started appearing in my daydreams, full of vigor and life lessons.—
Jennifer Acker,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
Noun
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The bar was set high from here, but even the best Bond games have only superficially tackled the essence of the spy fantasy.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2026
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Frustrated with her imperfect husband, a tipsy Marge stirs up a trilogy of fantasies of a different Homer.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
28 May 2026
Noun
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If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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The vision grew into multiple wedding and event spaces, ultimately setting the stage for the creation of the resort Camp Lucy and the beginnings of Whim Hospitality.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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“Pipe dream.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pipe%20dream. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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