as in to see
to see or sense something or someone that is not really there; to have hallucinations
The patient may hallucinate if she has a fever.
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Recent Examples of hallucinate
But as the host had explained during my tasting experience, a person would need to consume bottles worth of Neeley's absinthe in one sitting to hallucinate.
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Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2024
Existing models have a bad habit of hallucinating chemical structures that are bizarre or unworkable, much as ChatGPT hallucinates facts.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Another drawback is that AI tools can hallucinate and produce results that are biased and inaccurate.
—Ainsley MacLean, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
People who sundown may hallucinate or have delusions about experiences from their past.
—Janelle McSwiggin, Msn, Health, 25 Sep. 2024
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Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2024
Existing models have a bad habit of hallucinating chemical structures that are bizarre or unworkable, much as ChatGPT hallucinates facts.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Another drawback is that AI tools can hallucinate and produce results that are biased and inaccurate.
—Ainsley MacLean, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
People who sundown may hallucinate or have delusions about experiences from their past.
—Janelle McSwiggin, Msn, Health, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinate
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Instead Trump swept the swing states, won the popular vote and saw Republicans secure control of both houses of Congress.Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 15 Nov. 2024
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There were moments of vulnerability never seen from him before.Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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At one point in the episode, Danny daydreams what the future would be like if the family's current imbalanced dynamic locked into place.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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Kierra Some people daydreamed about dinner parties.Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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The lads didn’t compile or even intend this album—but yeesh, imagine a world without it.Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2024
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The mall is an elegy for what mid-20th-century politicians and progressives imagined downtown Los Angeles could be: a city with a vibrant core, accessible by freeways, anchored by a City Hall with encomiums inscribed above entrances exalting the public good.Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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At one time, the couple dreamed of using the land to build multiple small houses that might offer families more affordable places to live.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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The agency will also likely rely on the vehicle to make its Mars dreams a reality in the decade after that.Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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George Lucas — a longtime friend of Murch’s, with the pair having written Lucas’ first film, THX 1138 — was brought to the London set as the team contemplated replacing Murch.Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
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In another curious assemblage, a man dressed to the nines contemplates the gorgeous beauty of a Laura Wheeler Waring portrait.Essence, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
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After a polarizing presidential election cycle, many Americans are fantasizing about how to leave the U.S. and escape to another country.Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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But the meeting descended into factionalism as competing class and geographical interests revealed the country to be far more divided than Jacob had fantasized.Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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These pieces expressed cultural values, visualized beneficial weather or environmental conditions or depicted spiritual purposes.Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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This vision helps unify the firm around common goals and values, creating a strong, cohesive culture. Hold meetings and outings that visualize and reinforce these common goals.Seth Price, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Managers and their co-workers need to work hard to establish the link between the team goals and the firms vision and show how their work can effect the performance of the organization.Andrew Mawson, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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In 2019, under the guidance of Assembly Chair Felix Rivera, the Assembly hired Laurie Wolf to facilitate a series of three strategic visioning meetings to better define our goals for years 2019-2021.Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2020
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“Hallucinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallucinate. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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