as in illusions
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality
a sci-fi author who seems to have preferred the unrealities of his own fiction to the realities of the world about him
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Saturn, the planet of boundaries, responsibility, and foundations, and Neptune, the planet of dreams, illusions, and spirituality, haven’t met up since 1989.—
Maressa Brown,
InStyle,
20 Feb. 2026 -
Our illusions are likely to come into contact with reality today.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
20 Feb. 2026
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Along with a series of restaurants and a playground for children, there's even a replica field for fans to live their own big league dreams.—
Zach Boetto,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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In decades past, China’s ascendent middle class flocked to booming megacities to chase jobs and dreams, once abundant as the country went from rags to riches.—
Albee Zhang,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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His synth work conjures the romantic fantasies of high-rises and all-white lounges that French musicians Jean-Luc Ponty and Wally Badarou once evoked in their ’80s albums.—
Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
2 Mar. 2026
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Or perhaps you will be filled with private thoughts, fantasies and crushes about someone.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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That was when the foundation’s internal troubles began, with competing visions for the future of the Everglades.—
Michael Adno,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2026
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While their visions for how to best resist ICE differ, the leading candidates have said the agency can’t continue in its current form.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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Below, some of the finest, high-quality ruffled bedding around the web for creating the frothy bedscape of your daydreams.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
28 Feb. 2026
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Rather than stressing over social niceties, sitting in ornate carriages and snacking on cream cakes, Sophie daydreams while scrubbing floors and delivering tea.—
Madeline Hirsch,
InStyle,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Unrealities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrealities. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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