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Recent Examples of hallucinatory
While promoting his memoir My Next Breath on the Wednesday episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Renner shared how his use of pain killers during his recovery resulted in some interesting hallucinatory experiences — including an entire conversation and snowmobile ride with Jamie Foxx.
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Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 17 July 2025
As Almeyda makes her journey towards this elusive mecca, both the idea of Palmares and Almeyda’s journey toward it feel like hallucinatory visions: Vibrantly conjured, indeed mythic in intention and impact.
—Irenosen Okojie
july 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
But the sound and lighting effects get rather heavy-handed during Josh’s hallucinatory meltdowns.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
The fiscal fiasco was built on the hallucinatory claim that California enjoyed a $97.5 billion surplus.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
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Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 17 July 2025
As Almeyda makes her journey towards this elusive mecca, both the idea of Palmares and Almeyda’s journey toward it feel like hallucinatory visions: Vibrantly conjured, indeed mythic in intention and impact.
—Irenosen Okojie
july 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
But the sound and lighting effects get rather heavy-handed during Josh’s hallucinatory meltdowns.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
The fiscal fiasco was built on the hallucinatory claim that California enjoyed a $97.5 billion surplus.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinatory
Adjective
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The Frida — named for Frida Kahlo, the Mexican painter and revolutionary known for her surreal and deeply personal artworks — relies on community support from memberships, donations, and volunteers.—
Amy Bentley,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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The atmosphere is surreal and the editing hallucinatory.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
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Any thought of stability is illusory; no patch of molecules dances in isolation.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Preparation for the Next Life is being released in a moment of strife and fever-pitch arguments about the American Dream — its perils and illusory qualities especially for those who have migrated to a country so primed on their exploitation.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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This isn’t callousness or delusive optimism but, rather, a rebellion against the suffocating expectation that the elderly have foreclosed the possibility of joy.—
Hillary Kelly,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2024
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To separate art from its historical framework is futile, and to reject it in an effort to censor past violence is a delusive act of virtue signaling.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
5 July 2022
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Few characters, real or imaginary, have sustained this type of stage and screen presence for so many decades.—
Michael Taube,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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But Laura, used to getting away with murder, just neglected Daniel’s imaginary corpse after conjuring it.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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This is absolutely delusional and nauseating.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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An expert called by Bixby's lawyers said the isolation of prison has only made his beliefs more delusional and that Bixby is stuck in his mindset.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The mockumentary about a fictitious paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania aired from 2005 to 2013.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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The bad news about this fictitious mountainside hole-in-the-wall?—
Tim McGovern,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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To respond to a volatile inflation crisis, should the CEO of Burger & Bites, a fictional fast-food chain, introduce dynamic pricing to its restaurants?—
Elie Ofek,
Harvard Business Review,
14 Sep. 2025
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College football fan favorite Fansville, a satirical episodic drama from Dr Pepper set in a fictional college town, is returning for its eighth season.—
Kristi Dosh,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement But this victory proved chimerical.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Projections of economic gains from major sporting events are typically optimistic, euphoric, chimerical or conjectural.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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“Hallucinatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallucinatory. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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