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stargaze

verb

Definition of stargaze

as in to daydream

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Recent Examples of stargaze At Sal Salis Ningaloo, stay in safari-style eco-tents nestled in the dunes where the outback reaches the ocean, and stargaze far from urban light pollution. — Stuart Rigg, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2026 The setting on the winery, with a fire going in the firepit, was the perfect way to stargaze. — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 21 July 2026 See dinosaur bones at Flaming Cliffs, ride Mongolian horses across the steppe, stargaze with the on-property astronomer and stay in the luxurious Three Camel Lodge. — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 This is expected to be one of the darkest and best weeks for stargazing all month. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for stargaze

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The one Hero Tree that Elrod can’t say too much about is the Dreaming Tree that Walt Disney used to daydream under as a boy growing up in his hometown of Marceline, Missouri.

— Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 July 2026
Modern gadgets are damaging our ability to daydream, socialize and perceive the physical world.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

Definition of daydream

Verb

Our ability to be creative and to dream, that is what sets us apart.

— Daniel Lubetzky Nina Zipkin, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Even with Oracle founder Larry Ellison the primary backer of his son’s ParaBros dreams, the even older Ellison’s net worth, which has been declining of late, may not be able to handle the strain of months and months of such probes.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of dream

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To calculate the number of holes even in large dimensions—when people can no longer visualize these figures—mathematicians use special tricks.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
The throwing is just a way to visualize it within the virtual space.

— Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of visualize

Verb

There’s a major sequence in the film — some of which is in the trailer — where Lowen is pleasuring herself and fantasizing about having sex with Jeremy but then the fantasy switches to Verity, and Anne and Dakota kiss.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
That top-line starting pitcher everyone fantasized over all offseason?

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of fantasize

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Managers and their co-workers need to work hard to establish the link between the team goals and the firms vision and show how their work can effect the performance of the organization.

— Andrew Mawson, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
In 2019, under the guidance of Assembly Chair Felix Rivera, the Assembly hired Laurie Wolf to facilitate a series of three strategic visioning meetings to better define our goals for years 2019-2021.

— Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2020

Definition of vision

Verb

It was hoped that the plant, envisioned as the first of three, would provide 15% of the island’s electricity needs and usher in a new era of energy security for the communist nation.

— Juan Carlos López, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
And those are just the scenarios experts can currently envision.

— Jared Perlo, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of envision

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