as in imagined
to form a mental picture of
all those lottery players fantasizing themselves as living in extravagant luxury
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Recent Examples of fantasized
Who among us hasn’t fantasized in the shower about exacting elaborate revenge for petty upsets, or lain awake trying to reframe our humiliations as epic tales of triumph?
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
At times, Russell fantasized about applying to Sarah Lawrence and getting a college degree.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Those who only fantasized about positive outcomes showed lower systolic blood pressure than those who visualized success and then thought through potential obstacles and backup plans.
—Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
According to psychiatrist interviews conducted with his younger sister, Allyn, Kemper cut the hands off of her doll, beheaded and dismembered the family cat, and fantasized about executions and gas chambers.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Sure, Timothy stole a gun and fantasized about killing his wife and son, but the gun is gone.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Following the runaway success of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator in 2000 ($465 million in business at the box office and five Academy Awards, including best picture), the director fantasized for years about making a sequel.
—Elaina Patton, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
Young Asquith fantasized becoming the next Richard Branson—arguably the last person to create an airline from passion and force of personality.
—Jonathan Soroff, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2024
As gay men have moved from the periphery to the center, many have fantasized about life in a pre-gentrified New York City, in the kinds of scruffy lofts where artists like Hujar spent their lives.
—Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
At times, Russell fantasized about applying to Sarah Lawrence and getting a college degree.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Those who only fantasized about positive outcomes showed lower systolic blood pressure than those who visualized success and then thought through potential obstacles and backup plans.
—Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
According to psychiatrist interviews conducted with his younger sister, Allyn, Kemper cut the hands off of her doll, beheaded and dismembered the family cat, and fantasized about executions and gas chambers.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Sure, Timothy stole a gun and fantasized about killing his wife and son, but the gun is gone.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Following the runaway success of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator in 2000 ($465 million in business at the box office and five Academy Awards, including best picture), the director fantasized for years about making a sequel.
—Elaina Patton, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
Young Asquith fantasized becoming the next Richard Branson—arguably the last person to create an airline from passion and force of personality.
—Jonathan Soroff, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2024
As gay men have moved from the periphery to the center, many have fantasized about life in a pre-gentrified New York City, in the kinds of scruffy lofts where artists like Hujar spent their lives.
—Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fantasized
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McCoy imagined a future career in advocacy.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Saturday night went better than either could have possibly imagined when the former picked up the latter a few weeks back.—
Adam H. Beasley,
Miami Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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The project, Muniz explained, was initially envisioned as a two-hour reunion film before those behind the series realized there was too much ground to cover.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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The helmers cycle through a year’s worth of seasons for Zhenya and Anatolij Pilipenko, inexperienced farmers who envisioned a new life for themselves and their two young daughters.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The trees were cut down, sawed in half, hollowed out and tied back together for the musicians to use.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Aug. 2025
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Fanatics shared the moment Tennessee Titans first overall pick, quarterback Cam Ward, saw Brady pop up on the screen to give him some wise words.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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When the company abandons its traditional Nutcracker for a childless, avant-garde version — thus denying Harris’s daughter the starring role she’s dreamed of — Harris leaps into action.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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Renovations are taking place, and the place is being turned into everything the entire family dreamed of.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
22 Oct. 2025
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