Thesaurus results for HALLUCINATED

hallucinated

verb

past tense of hallucinate

as in saw

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 hallucinated The researchers suspect that others were created by AI that either hallucinated or, just like the AI agents browsing their file, couldn’t distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate instructions. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026 Finally, validate all information is correct rather than hallucinated. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 The cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks recently studied websites at domain names whose URLs are frequently hallucinated by AI chatbots, discovering at some of these sites a range of malware and other malicious code. — David Berreby, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2026 This can lead to real-life negative results, like poor investment decisions based on viewing incorrect financial information hallucinated by large language models. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, software platforms could identify frequently hallucinated names before attackers register them. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026 The underlying technology uses sixteen years of structured mapping, global returns data, and garment construction expertise to prevent system lag and hallucinated recommendations on high-traffic shopping days. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 26 May 2026 That number is quite low, Topaz and others said, but more worrisome is the fact that hallucinated citations are becoming more common. — Anil Oza, STAT, 7 May 2026 Last year, a Los Angeles attorney was fined for submitting a filing full of legal citations that were hallucinated by ChatGPT. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026

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In the book, Covey tells the story of a man relentlessly sawing down a tree.

— Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 2 June 2026
Jordan Walker, sawed off by a 96 mph sinker, lined out softly.

— Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026

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Layers are everywhere in 2026, but this time the haircut is being imagined as less edgy and a bit softer—more flowing, more subtle.

— Lucy Binder, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2026
From the outset of the original life-size Gundam project, this has turned into something far greater than was initially imagined.

— Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of imagined

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There was always a small part of him that fantasized about leaving it all behind and going to live off the grid.

— Steven Rowley, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
The brand's return has been fantasized for years and ecstatically anticipated ever since Marc Jacobs Beauty was credited for the makeup in Jacobs's spring 2026 New York Fashion Week show.

— Marci Robin, Allure, 20 May 2026

Definition of fantasized

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Even in the midst of this global struggle, Roosevelt contemplated the future and envisioned the critical role that a new United Nations might play.

— John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
The five trusts also contemplated that two-thirds of the children could vote to terminate a trust.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of contemplated

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Fraser’s sculptures at the Whitney realize, in three dimensions, the sacrifice that de Monteflores’s paintings had visualized decades earlier.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
And Russia’s true position – and with it Putin’s dilemma – can be visualized in a split screen of competing perspectives.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

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