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stargaze

verb

Definition of stargaze

as in to daydream

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Recent Examples of stargaze At Sal Salis Ningaloo, stay in safari-style eco-tents nestled in the dunes where the outback reaches the ocean, and stargaze far from urban light pollution. — Stuart Rigg, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2026 The setting on the winery, with a fire going in the firepit, was the perfect way to stargaze. — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 21 July 2026 See dinosaur bones at Flaming Cliffs, ride Mongolian horses across the steppe, stargaze with the on-property astronomer and stay in the luxurious Three Camel Lodge. — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 This is expected to be one of the darkest and best weeks for stargazing all month. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for stargaze

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On November 1, season four of The Gilded Age will premiere, and all over again, audiences will daydream about residing in ornate Beaux-Arts mansions along Fifth Avenue.

— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026
The one Hero Tree that Elrod can’t say too much about is the Dreaming Tree that Walt Disney used to daydream under as a boy growing up in his hometown of Marceline, Missouri.

— Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 July 2026

Definition of daydream

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The choices are housed in the Atelier Vivier MTO cabinet, a silver console containing the available materials and hardware, while a digital component allows clients to visualize combinations before production begins.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
The team’s aim was to visualize the mechanical pressure acting on the petals, similar to cutting carrots to reveal their internal pressure.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of visualize

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Massi is the first to leave, fantasizing about walking off with Joy; then Kat.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
There’s a major sequence in the film — some of which is in the trailer — where Lowen is pleasuring herself and fantasizing about having sex with Jeremy but then the fantasy switches to Verity, and Anne and Dakota kiss.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of fantasize

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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
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

Definition of vision

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Johan Enslin, an ARPA-E program director, envisions a grid in which power can be converted, directed and managed automatically—much like the way data are routed around the Internet—rather than merely stepped up or down.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Advocates envision it as a bucket-list destination akin to the Pacific Crest Trail and an economic driver for struggling rural towns.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

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