as in daydream
something that comes from or exists only in the mind and is not real
He thought he saw water up ahead but it was just a mirage.
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Recent Examples of mirage
The academic corpus treats market timing like a kind of mirage - achievable in theory but not in practice.
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Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The Inland Empire is not quite a news desert, Corrigan said, but a news mirage — an area that seems to have more substantive journalism than in reality.
—Daniel Eduardo Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
However, a great coach coaches to his team’s talent, not some mythical mirage.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
But that target appears to be nothing more than a mirage.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The Inland Empire is not quite a news desert, Corrigan said, but a news mirage — an area that seems to have more substantive journalism than in reality.
—Daniel Eduardo Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
However, a great coach coaches to his team’s talent, not some mythical mirage.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
But that target appears to be nothing more than a mirage.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mirage
Noun
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After all, strategy without execution is a daydream, but execution without strategy is a nightmare.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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If your daydreams about jetting off on a European vacation keep getting thwarted by your budget and bank account, all hope isn’t lost.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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However, LeSean McCoy's Philadelphia Eagles gave K.C. nightmares and celebrated their dreams that came tr... NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Readers in some sense rewrite a text, enlarging its scope through their imagination, creating a whole world by bringing into play their skills, their memory, their dreams and their personal history, with all its drama and symbolism.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This city will never be the same, insofar as our sense of safety, our illusions of permanence and so on, are gone.—
Lorraine Berry,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Mat previously impressed judges on America’s Got Talent in 2014 with his magic, illusions and card tricks.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Mirage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mirage. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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