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stargazing

verb

Definition of stargazing

present participle of stargaze

as in daydreaming

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Connington has spent years dreaming about a field where England’s best players have performed.

— Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Critical to healthy brain functioning is a dreaming state of unconsciousness called Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep.

— Mike McRae September 17, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of dreaming

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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
Not necessarily as little leaguers, but as bright-eyed youths fantasizing about one day wearing a big-league uniform, competing in major league stadiums and making their living by playing this children’s game as adults.

— Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of fantasizing

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At the foot of the Washington Monument, Americans and Brits took turns envisioning how the United States will look in 250 years.

— Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
Could this explain why so many of our most reputable creatives are exploring what was once peripheral, spoken of with disbelief, and envisioning it as another possible dimension of existence?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of envisioning

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The imaging agent finishes its analysis without telling the assessment agent it’s done.

— Jakob Freund, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
The original model was truly a versatile smart telescope and even came pre-equipped with dual band filters for imaging nebulas and revealing their wonderful colors.

— Harry Bennett, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2026

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At the lower end of the survey’s spectrum and considerably more balanced sits marijuana regulation, with only 31% of respondents considering the topic to be important for people to understand, and 23% of respondents fancying themselves as highly informed on the matter.

— Drew Pittock, USA Today, 7 June 2026
And there was a smattering of other items, which the visitor, fancying himself an amateur academic archeologist, thought worth noting.

— Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025

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