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
He is hallucinated, by a woman under the effects of the drug Mandrax.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
Models like these are also prone to occasionally hallucinating false facts and doing so with a confident tone.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
In other words, bad data in means a corrupt model that hallucinates or is otherwise unreliable for generating training data for robotic AI.
—Dave Altavilla, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
On the other end of the line was Kevin, now back at Syracuse and living in a rented room, hallucinating.
—Ellen Barry, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
Models like these are also prone to occasionally hallucinating false facts and doing so with a confident tone.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
In other words, bad data in means a corrupt model that hallucinates or is otherwise unreliable for generating training data for robotic AI.
—Dave Altavilla, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
On the other end of the line was Kevin, now back at Syracuse and living in a rented room, hallucinating.
—Ellen Barry, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinate
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The trailer above, which dropped on Wednesday, introduces you to the new couples fighting to see if their love can withstand temptation and drama, but there’s a catch.—
Gabriela Silva,
TVLine,
26 Feb. 2025
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Hearn was also seen shoving rival promoter Ben Shalom as chaos reigned on stage.—
Ben Church,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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Foley plays a successful businessman named Eric who travels to Italy to stop his daydreaming daughter Olivia, played by Reficco, from restoring a crumbling villa.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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Previous research indicated that women, individuals who frequently daydream, and younger people tend to have better dream recall.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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Like, imagine how different the world would be if police officers had this same energy for, say, the NYPD, killing hundreds of civilian complaints accusing the department of misconduct.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Just imagining who could play Colman Smith in a TV or movie version of Pixie is enough to seriously excite the producers strutting the Olympia halls.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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Neptune entering Aries on March 30th amplifies this energy, giving you a boost of inspiration and the courage to dream big.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
refinery29.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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These team members exhibit visionary leadership by focusing on the big picture and daring to dream big.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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With America out of the picture, Europe is beginning to contemplate moves that would have been unimaginable mere months ago.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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Such theoretical impairments would be concerning in any context—but especially when contemplating a person who has achieved enough power to be unironically described as co-president of the United States.—
Shayla Love,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2025
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For something completely different, some investors have been picking up value stocks rather than fantasizing about the possibilities of Silicon Valley’s dream world.—
John Navin,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Chat forums filled with would-be MAGA vigilantes who fantasize about rounding up Democratic politicians or acting as bounty hunters to corral undocumented migrants.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Feb. 2025
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On the exhale, visualize pulling upward, as if lifting a tissue off the floor.—
Emily Cegielski,
Flow Space,
7 Mar. 2025
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The story includes helpful illustrations that visualize the scale of the problem.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
28 Feb. 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 12 Mar. 2025.
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