as in dream
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality
hoped that one day world peace would be a reality and not just a daydream
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Recent Examples of daydream
Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Don’t miss his wife Claire Vasarely’s exhibition, A Life in Color, where her Bauhaus-meets-surreal-op-art-style tapestries will leave you daydreaming.
—Manali Doshi, AFAR Media, 11 Aug. 2025
Stephanie Madsen, The Conversation, 22 July 2025
The book’s prose is inspired by proverbs and sections from the Old Testament, as well as McConaughey’s own daydreams, nightmares and musings.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 26 June 2025
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Noun
But a combination of the visual fidelity of Tiramisu and the immersive field of view of Boba 3 gives VR fans plenty to daydream about.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Don’t miss his wife Claire Vasarely’s exhibition, A Life in Color, where her Bauhaus-meets-surreal-op-art-style tapestries will leave you daydreaming.
—Manali Doshi, AFAR Media, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
No thinking about the future, no consideration of multiple outcomes to a decision, no counterfactuals, daydreams, fantasies or plans.
—Stephanie Madsen, The Conversation, 22 July 2025
The book’s prose is inspired by proverbs and sections from the Old Testament, as well as McConaughey’s own daydreams, nightmares and musings.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydream
Noun
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The dream drive package includes private transfer to The Barn, Napa Valley Car Club's exclusive clubhouse, post-drive drinks and stories and return transfer.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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That dream never manifested, and eventually, the republican government’s international legitimacy was transferred to the surging mainland.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Those who only fantasized about positive outcomes showed lower systolic blood pressure than those who visualized success and then thought through potential obstacles and backup plans.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
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Advice for Tiny House Newcomers Oftentimes the excitement around tiny home living has to do with decorating a new space and fantasizing about a simpler life, but there’s much more to it.—
Kristine Gill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Hotel Excelsior Venice Lido, a 1908 Moorish fantasy commissioned by entrepreneur Nicolò Spada, boasts Byzantine domes and an eclectic façade that have sheltered everyone from Winston Churchill to Erroll Flynn, from Greta Garbo to Clark Gable.—
Jenn Rice,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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His storyline becomes a quest for truth within a shelter built on fantasies and populated by liars.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Guided in part by virtual world building sessions hosted by the organization in which the public was invited to imagine a future where reparations as a policy has already happened and given way to a culture of repair, six leading Afrofuturist artists envision 2165 Earth.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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City leaders have envisioned more dense, mixed-use development of the area around the southern end of Bristol and in recent years made such updates to Santa Ana’s general plans and zoning.—
Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The journey evolves, when the sculpture is backlit with a cool white front light to showcase the illusion that the figure and its environment are immersed under water.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Women are sort of forced into maintaining youth or the illusion of youth.—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Managers and their co-workers need to work hard to establish the link between the team goals and the firms vision and show how their work can effect the performance of the organization.—
Andrew Mawson,
Forbes,
27 Sep. 2024
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In 2019, under the guidance of Assembly Chair Felix Rivera, the Assembly hired Laurie Wolf to facilitate a series of three strategic visioning meetings to better define our goals for years 2019-2021.—
Anchorage Daily News,
Anchorage Daily News,
28 Mar. 2020
Verb
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The company direction connects those lofty ideas to everyday tasks, helping employees understand how their work contributes to the bigger picture—to visualize the forest.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Those who only fantasized about positive outcomes showed lower systolic blood pressure than those who visualized success and then thought through potential obstacles and backup plans.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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MacDonald imagines Kirk looking down from a window in Heaven as his children grow up, and the right unites to avenge his death.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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The sages imagined the world itself as a structure left open to the north, a reminder that there are always cracks through which danger, chaos, and suffering can enter.—
Barry Gelman,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Daydream.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daydream. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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