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daydreaming

NOUN
absentmindedness
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The idea that anyone can suddenly be endowed with superhuman specialness simply by being in the right place at the right time is a little like daydreaming about winning the lottery.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

“I’ve asked my friends, and apparently my daydreaming or thinking face looks focused,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Levy told the crowd that he and Gosling spent a lot of their downtime on set daydreaming about Ghost Rider and swapping ideas.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

You are standing in line alongside everyone else, daydreaming about whatever, when, out of the corner of your eye, you see a few men sprinting down the street in the opposite direction.

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

In the weeks afterward, his daydreaming about college and his conversations about it with his sister Leanna turned into serious research.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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