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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

Dr Meneka Sidhu, a consultant neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London, said typical absence seizures usually last seconds and the person affected may appear to be daydreaming or looking blank.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

When we’re daydreaming and ruminating and self-reflecting and mentally time-traveling or imagining other people’s thoughts, we’re not present.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

I don’t remember the impact of their split, but later, my mother told me my first-grade teacher said I had started daydreaming after being very attentive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

We flew homework airplanes for two hours, daydreaming about who would find them and where they’d land and wondering if anyone would see them in flight, like we were seeing them.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King




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