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hallucination

[huh-loo-suh-ney-shuhn] / həˌlu səˈneɪ ʃən /


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An episode is prison slang for a severe hallucination.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

“The GPT 5.6 series tends to ground itself in real data when doing knowledge work. It’s better at citing where that data came from. It’s a little more reliable on the hallucination front,” he said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Whatever adviser is feeding that hallucination is a poster child for America’s fourth-grade math problem.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Yet, it was no hallucination to see Vin Diesel strutting the red carpet in a custom blazer with rhinestones spelling out “Fast Forever,” the 11th and final installment, scheduled to be released in 2028.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2026

Back then, he’d thought it was a hallucination, another one of the jungle’s illusions, but he saw clearly now.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

In painful detail, she described the splitting headaches, body aches, chills, high fevers and hallucinations that had tormented her for days.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

So-called hallucinations, one of the features of all AI models so far, are becoming rarer.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

A psychiatrist who examined Truelove testified that he had symptoms of bipolar disorder, including depression and hallucinations.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

I was in awe of the fact that in 40 years of reporting on the White House I never once, in my wildest and most macabre hallucinations, dreamed up anything like that event.

From Salon Jun. 19, 2026

By “simple,” the diagnosticians meant that Andrews suffered no delusions, no false perceptions, no hallucinations, but the primary illness of separation of thinking from feeling.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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