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daydreaming

NOUN
absentmindedness
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Wakeful rest can include activities such as daydreaming, drawing, listening to music, or chatting with friends, which can promote learning.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

“When they were younger, I was daydreaming about the days that I would be an empty-nester,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

The album concludes with another memory song – L.E.S – which finds Madonna daydreaming about an early crush on a guitar-playing boy from New York's Lower East Side.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

His drum set is already loaded into the van, but that hasn’t stopped him from air drumming, and right now, he’s in the zone, apparently daydreaming that he’s playing at a sold-out show.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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