stargazed

verb

past tense of stargaze
as in daydreamed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stargazed
  1. dreamed
  2. visualized
  3. fantasized
  4. envisioned
  5. fancied
  6. imagined
  7. featured
  8. hallucinated
Verb
  • That finally changed in 2019 when Disney completed its acquisition of Fox, bringing the X-Men rights under Marvel’s control and opening the door for the crossover fans had dreamed about for years.
    — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026
  • One reader still dreamed about the South 21 cheeseburger a decade after going vegetarian.
    — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
Definition of dreamed
Verb
  • 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
  • Researchers recently visualized a set of images across a spectrum of red, white, and blue hues compiled by the Chandra X-ray Observatory as well as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
Definition of visualized
Verb
  • 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
  • The brand's return has been fantasized for years and ecstatically anticipated ever since Marc Jacobs Beauty was credited for the makeup in Jacobs's spring 2026 New York Fashion Week show.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 20 May 2026
Definition of fantasized
Verb
  • Kiesler and his heirs envisioned architecture that would make the arts more available, provisional, improvisational, democratic, and participatory, more playful and less aloof.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026
  • Argent plans to build 1,200 to 1,500 units on the site, envisioned as a walkable, bikeable community where hospital employees could eventually travel on foot between work and home, Soyka said.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of envisioned
Verb
  • Of the four teams in the semi-finals, Argentina are the least-fancied to win the World Cup at 9/2.
    — Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 15 July 2026
  • The problem with Dolan, this person confided, was that the owner fancied himself knowledgeable about basketball.
    — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
Definition of fancied
Verb
  • Monsieur Boucheron could hardly have imagined the evolution of high jewelry today.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Advertisement Max staggers and envisions his dead wife and imagined son again before pulling himself back to his closing argument.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026
Definition of imagined
Verb
  • The eatery was even named the best restaurant in North Carolina featured on the show by Tasting Table earlier this year.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
  • The bottles featured on its site use what appears to be the same font, colors and design as Kawa's company.
    — Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Definition of featured
Verb
  • Meanwhile, software platforms could identify frequently hallucinated names before attackers register them.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026
  • Without a unified, clean, and accessible data structure, AI outputs quickly become ambiguous, hallucinated, and diluted, deepening the clarity crisis rather than resolving it.
    — Ali Hoss, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of hallucinated
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