as in to see
to see or sense something or someone that is not really there; to have hallucinations
The patient may hallucinate if she has a fever.
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Recent Examples of hallucinate
Attackers could seize on the pattern by identifying nonexistent packages that are repeatedly hallucinated.
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Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
That was long after one of the strangest starts to a game that could be imagined or concocted or hallucinated.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
That’s a lesson two California law firms learned this week when they were hit with $31,000 in sanctions for filing legal briefs citing non-existent cases that had been hallucinated by an LLM.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
OpenAI’s newest reasoning model, o3, released in April, seems to hallucinate more than twice as often as o1, according to the model card.
—Hayden Field,jonathan Vanian,jennifer Elias, CNBC, 14 May 2025
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Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
That was long after one of the strangest starts to a game that could be imagined or concocted or hallucinated.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
That’s a lesson two California law firms learned this week when they were hit with $31,000 in sanctions for filing legal briefs citing non-existent cases that had been hallucinated by an LLM.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
OpenAI’s newest reasoning model, o3, released in April, seems to hallucinate more than twice as often as o1, according to the model card.
—Hayden Field,jonathan Vanian,jennifer Elias, CNBC, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinate
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Earlier this month, people in around 16 different states were blessed with the opportunity to see the swirling green, red and purple lights.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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For viewers who prefer to see the film on the big screen, Jaws is scheduled to be re-released in theaters on Aug. 29 in celebration of the film’s 50th anniversary.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Trafalgar Hole-in-One Golf Clubs Cuff Links These handcrafted cuff links are for the dad who spends half of his time on the course and the other half daydreaming about being on the course.—
Izzy Baskette,
People.com,
9 June 2025
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Waters has worked with Maya Hawke, the latest Stranger Things star who delivers onstage in New York, to craft a woman who daydreams but isn’t totally spacey.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
3 June 2025
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Often hailed as the definitive screen version, this series perfectly captured the turning point in Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy’s romance and brought to life the very estate many imagined from the novel’s descriptions.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
10 June 2025
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In an exclusive clip from the film (below), the jury tries to retrace Sophie’s steps, and imagine her state of mind, on the night she was murdered.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2025
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Trump, whose 79th birthday corresponded with the Army anniversary, had long dreamed of holding such a display of America's military might.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
15 June 2025
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Her daughter dreamed about one day cooking elaborate meals for presidents and world leaders in her role as a Navy cook, Castle said.—
Rosa Flores,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
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These appear to be slightly more survivable, although the casualty rate is so high no Western army would contemplate such tactics.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Smart’s captors subjected her to rape daily, something that drove her to the point of contemplating suicide.—
Stephanie Kaloi,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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The angsty teen, who’s got far too much access to firearms and fantasizes about blowing up his peers, lives with his ailing, Franzia-wine-box-guzzling grandmother (Becky Ann Baker, hilarious and sweatily confined to an easy chair).—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
8 June 2025
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Like most things in life, the reality of fame is not what most people fantasize about.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Someone who could interpret complex performance marketing datasets, visualize the story behind the numbers and make recommendations with real revenue impact.—
David Pickard,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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Soon, months of visualizing, the cafe of his dreams will become a reality.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
9 June 2025
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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
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“Hallucinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallucinate. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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