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
  • She's also dreamed about paying down that future pool by listing it on Swimply.
    — Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 3 July 2026
  • Wimbledon has been a tournament that Djokovic has dreamt of his whole life.
    — Mary Wenthur, Footwear News, 28 June 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
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  • The 2026 Esports World Cup marks the first time that the event has been hosted outside of Saudi Arabia, but Riaydh is still very much envisioned as the home of the event and the Esports Foundation that puts it on each year.
    — Mike Stubbs, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Ptolemy, who had served under Alexander the Great, envisioned a library that would safeguard the sum total of humanity’s knowledge.
    — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Definition of envisioned
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  • Based on projections, Iran is still fancied to progress but if Algeria-Austria is a draw in Group J, a result that sends both through, DR Congo beats Uzbekistan and Croatia gets at least a point against Ghana, then the Iranians are out.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 27 June 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
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  • The tools now entering those classrooms are more powerful and far less accountable than anyone writing that legislation could have imagined.
    — Masha Pearl, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026
  • The men who signed that document could not have imagined artificial intelligence, quantum computing or cyberspace.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of imagined
Verb
  • Weather aside, Fall/Winter 2026 Haute Couture Week, which ran from July 6 to 9, featured 30 houses compared with FW25’s 27-strong line-up.
    — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 10 July 2026
  • All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors.
    — Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 9 July 2026
Definition of featured
Verb
  • 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
  • The underlying technology uses sixteen years of structured mapping, global returns data, and garment construction expertise to prevent system lag and hallucinated recommendations on high-traffic shopping days.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
Definition of hallucinated
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