pipe dream
Example Sentences
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“It’s not just a pipe dream. This is coming.”
From Washington Post
Is a post-car future actually realistic, or a mere pipe dream?
From Salon
“It’s not a pipe dream anymore to say that we can count all births and deaths everywhere,” says Setel, the Vital Strategies anthropologist.
From New York Times
“I thought it was a pipe dream,” the singer said over the phone from her home in Nashville as she prepared to kick off her 2023 nationwide tour.
From New York Times
Early in production, having a Firth cameo felt like a pipe dream to the writers.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
