as in to imagine
to form a mental picture of
all those lottery players fantasizing themselves as living in extravagant luxury
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Recent Examples of fantasize
People are fantasizing about the railroad.
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Manuela López Restrepo, NPR, 17 Feb. 2025
After learning her daughter will not return to Chile, however, she is forced to stop fantasizing about others’ lives and find comfort in unexpected places.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
Elder bosses may fantasize that teaching twenty-one-year-old business majors a prior age’s social norms will make the future not only more recognizable, but one in which their expertise is needed and the youth have something left to learn.
—Lily Scherlis, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
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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Manuela López Restrepo, NPR, 17 Feb. 2025
After learning her daughter will not return to Chile, however, she is forced to stop fantasizing about others’ lives and find comfort in unexpected places.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
Elder bosses may fantasize that teaching twenty-one-year-old business majors a prior age’s social norms will make the future not only more recognizable, but one in which their expertise is needed and the youth have something left to learn.
—Lily Scherlis, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fantasize
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Just imagine the potpourri of amazing facial expressions that would have been on display had Sai been sitting on the jury.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Brian Eno Few musicians have applied themselves so diligently to imagining what space sounds like.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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Herron envisions a booming East Side that is more than a way to get to the Zoo and southern suburbs.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
12 Apr. 2025
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Where Civil War envisioned a dark future, Warfare conjures a specific, harrowing day from Mendoza’s past.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
12 Apr. 2025
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Now in their early to mid-30s, both authors have seen their stories grow into global phenomena, with millions of readers and successful film adaptations.—
Veronica Villafañe,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Apple, which relies on a supply chain based largely in China, saw shares climb 2.2%.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2025
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But the Kansas City Royals’ 30-win improvement last season allows for dreaming — if only in April.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Back founders who can execute rather than just dream big, and push them to embrace compliance and sustainability.—
Bob Ras,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Fantasize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fantasize. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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