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trances

noun

plural of trance

as in reveries

the state of being lost in thought lulled by the sound of the train, she stared out the window in a trance, oblivious to the fact that the conductor was taking tickets

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Recent Examples of trances Unlike in Cutud, participants are mostly female faith healers adhering not to vows but to mystic trances and possession. — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 10 July 2026

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Track six, on the other hand, recalls the plangent reveries of ’90s IDM artists like Arovane.

— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026
The two actors rarely share a scene together, the floor between their apartments providing a barrier to human connection, and the musical reveries become a means of escape from a dying world.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 July 2026

Definition of reveries

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And amidst the momentum of reverie, there’s the line ‘Blink at the light and hope to survive,’ because daydreams in a fascist state can be scary too.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 June 2026
One-touch passing, feinting and ripping hard shots into a tattered net, each is super-charged by vivid daydreams of glory on the international stage.

— Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2026

Definition of daydreams

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Jupiter in Leo will form an inspiring trine to Neptune retrograde in Aries while also opposing Pluto retrograde in Aquarius, creating a push-and-pull between our visions for the future and the inevitable transformation at play.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
America at 250 seems stuck in a miasma of rival populisms that offer irreconcilable visions for curing what ails our country.

— Will Marshall, Washington Post, 18 July 2026

Definition of visions

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Counseling and therapy practices are also adopting the tech, since the OPUS SoundBed is used to amplify modalities like IASIS MCN and EMDR by translating meditations and music into full-body vibration.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
The last chapters of Jones’s book are filled with meditations on mortality that are both life affirming and sweet.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026

Definition of meditations

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That’s what happens when a party and its voters stop seriously competing and instead indulge their passions and fever dreams.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
Its warble seemed the embodiment of dreams, that melted meeting point between memories and fantasy.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026

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