Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for will-o'-the-wisps
Noun
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The stalker pipe dreams need to stop here.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025 -
The idea that renewables alone can power the American economy is nonsense given the current technology, green pipe dreams notwithstanding.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But Ma has been deftly drawn as a canny realist and problem solver—not the kind of person to indulge in daydreams.—
Tope Folarin,
The Atlantic,
8 Nov. 2025
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But for business and organizational leaders, this theme doesn’t need to be the stuff of daydreams.—
Jed Brewer,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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At the frontier edge of astronomy, tantalizing new observations have a tendency to be mirages.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
24 Sep. 2025
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But inside, slabs of colored glass, hunks of polished resin, and sundry material experiments gleam like mirages in the sunlight that streams in from the ceiling and windows.—
Hannah Martin,
Architectural Digest,
4 Sep. 2025
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