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daydreaming

NOUN
absentmindedness
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I don’t remember the impact of their split, but later, my mother told me my first-grade teacher said I had started daydreaming after being very attentive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

On Monday, that daydreaming lad from Lancashire raced at his fifth and final Olympics, his retirement imminent at the age of 39 after a career that has cemented his place as Britain's greatest Alpine skier.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Along with daydreaming, discuss what you’re really willing to sacrifice.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

She doesn’t need many words to create an entire landscape, and repeatedly, the reader will find that they’re daydreaming right alongside our heroine.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2025

Right while I was sitting there daydreaming in Latin class.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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