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stargazed

verb

past tense of stargaze

as in daydreamed

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Having once dreamed a modern India would be able to move past divisions of religion and caste, Jinnah became disillusioned.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Brooks, in particular, Panthers fans have dreamed about for years.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of dreamed

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Fraser’s sculptures at the Whitney realize, in three dimensions, the sacrifice that de Monteflores’s paintings had visualized decades earlier.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
And Russia’s true position – and with it Putin’s dilemma – can be visualized in a split screen of competing perspectives.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

Definition of visualized

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Rewind to 1953, and commercial artist Harry Birdsall fantasized about building a luxury convertible coupe in Harley Earl’s style, but one that could actually be purchased.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2026
There was always a small part of him that fantasized about leaving it all behind and going to live off the grid.

— Steven Rowley, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026

Definition of fantasized

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The Browns always envisioned defensive tackle Maliek Collins being activated from the physically unable to perform list in time to ramp up for the opener, and Collins is on schedule.

— Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Spearheaded by the family’s patriarch, a civil engineer who spent five years meticulously guiding its development, it was envisioned as a place with soul, which is inspired by the family’s summers growing up on the island.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of envisioned

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Guadagnino comes at Bertolucci from many angles, even claiming to have fancied him as a younger man, but facts and figures don’t really seem to enter into his concept of biography.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
Speaking of singing pirates, Curry clearly fancied these kinds of roles, signing on to play the villainous Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island (1996), Brian Henson’s musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of fancied

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Few could have imagined then, just how far women’s boxing would travel, carried high on Taylor’s shoulders, over the next 17 years.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The conceit — Monroe imagined at the century mark, walking into an audition and finally allowed to speak her mind — arrived nearly whole.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of imagined

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The researchers suspect that others were created by AI that either hallucinated or, just like the AI agents browsing their file, couldn’t distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate instructions.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Finally, validate all information is correct rather than hallucinated.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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