variants
or dreamt
as in imagined
to form a mental picture of
I dreamed that I was living on that proverbial desert island in the South Pacific
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Recent Examples of dreamed
Miranda, a now 49-year-old sales associate, had dreamed since childhood of having hazel or green eyes.
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Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2025
No one dreamed that chase would take nine years, but more teams around the country invested in catching up and the Huskies had several seasons thrown off course by injuries.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2025
Growing up in a small town in Alaska, Alyssa Connell had dreamed of a career as a doctor and researcher in Boston.
—Jenna Russell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Sandra Valls has been working in the entertainment industry for decades but has always dreamed of performing on a Broadway stage.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Link, remembered as a hero who long dreamed of working in law enforcement, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor and Purple Heart.
—Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2025
That’s the kind of attention the industry could only have dreamed about under the Biden administration.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
At the time, some Republicans dreamed of annexing Canada, believing that the economic pressure would push Canadians to seek statehood.
—Frank Holmes, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
These days, the Grand Canyon State is a vastly different place few could have dreamed of in 1925.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2025
No one dreamed that chase would take nine years, but more teams around the country invested in catching up and the Huskies had several seasons thrown off course by injuries.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2025
Growing up in a small town in Alaska, Alyssa Connell had dreamed of a career as a doctor and researcher in Boston.
—Jenna Russell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Sandra Valls has been working in the entertainment industry for decades but has always dreamed of performing on a Broadway stage.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Link, remembered as a hero who long dreamed of working in law enforcement, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor and Purple Heart.
—Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2025
That’s the kind of attention the industry could only have dreamed about under the Biden administration.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
At the time, some Republicans dreamed of annexing Canada, believing that the economic pressure would push Canadians to seek statehood.
—Frank Holmes, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
These days, the Grand Canyon State is a vastly different place few could have dreamed of in 1925.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreamed
Verb
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Swanky suites and expensive lounges near the best viewing areas help woo clientele, who then help inflate revenue beyond what anyone could have imagined in earlier eras.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Hutchens imagined it for someone who wants to propose with a grand gesture but not a traditional ring.—
Martha Cheng Gisela Williams Melinda Fakuade Jinnie Lee,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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Of course injuries change things, but the make up of this team is definitely feeling quite a bit different than originally envisioned and thank goodness for David Sterns ability to build multiple layers of depth in the organization.—
Tim Britton,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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In the national park’s 1980 management plan, an east-west trail spanning the length of the park was envisioned.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In Han Kang’s latest novel, a character saws off the tips of two of her fingers in a woodworking accident.—
Victoria Kim,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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Bentley and cinematographer Adolpho Veloso also plunge audiences into the tactile particulars and handcraft of logging, Robert sawing away with numb determination while he’s forced once again to be far away from his wife and child.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Dreamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreamed. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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