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
And while the machines used in Google’s estimate don’t yet exist, the technology isn’t a pipe dream.
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Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 27 May 2025
Either way, the pipe dream of massive spending cuts without risk or pain is already dead.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Getty Images Getty Images Since then, going lighter with my natural hair color became a pipe dream of sorts.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 4 Apr. 2025
Abdul Carter falling to No. 4 feels like too much of a pipe dream.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 27 May 2025
Either way, the pipe dream of massive spending cuts without risk or pain is already dead.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Getty Images Getty Images Since then, going lighter with my natural hair color became a pipe dream of sorts.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 4 Apr. 2025
Abdul Carter falling to No. 4 feels like too much of a pipe dream.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pipe dream
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pipe dream
Noun
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Ps ur avocado toast is on the long list of reasons why ur my dream wife.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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There are still a handful of dream sequences and surreal interludes that seem to want to underscore the show’s deep psychological curiosity, and its unwillingness to be an easy watch.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2025
Noun
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And if anyone was naive enough to imagine the U.S.-led tournament in 2026 would be free of such political baggage, then surely the increasingly public proximity of the Trump-Infantino relationship has dispelled those illusions.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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The entire spectacle is, of course, a line-of-sight illusion — all three objects extremely far from each other.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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From $635 per night. La Réserve feels a bit like a daydream manifested.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Architectural Digest,
3 June 2025
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Zooey Deschanel is living in a Screen Actors Guild Awards daydream.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
6 May 2025
Noun
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The Old Guard 2 — a sequel to the Charlize Theron fantasy superhero hit from 2020 — arrives on Netflix this week.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Set in a fantasy version of early 1900s Japan, the series focuses on the adventures Tanjiro Kamado, an ordinary boy whose peaceful life in the mountains is disrupted when demons murder his family.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
28 June 2025
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Just to the south, there is a vision for a regional transportation center, plus apartments on the site of the decaying One Talcott Plaza.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2025
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Still, its trine to numinous Neptune inspires you to expand your horizons and share your visions and ideas with others.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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“Pipe dream.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pipe%20dream. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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