as in haze
a state of mental confusion
she was in a daze for a minute after being hit on the head by a volleyball
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as in to stun
to make senseless or dizzy by a blow
the fall dazed him for a moment, causing him to become disoriented
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Recent Examples of daze
Lincee Ray, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024
Two men strapped into the gondola appear dazed, while a female lies on the floor of the platform.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
In the movie’s only overt nod to the comic books, in which Dent becomes Batman enemy Two-Face, the character is seen crumpled and dazed following the explosion with the left side of his face severely burned.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Howes and Petersen, sleepy and half dazed, took turns at the wheel on the long drive home.
—Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Outlander producer breaks down season 7 return, Roger's shocking discovery
Roger is dazed.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024
Two men strapped into the gondola appear dazed, while a female lies on the floor of the platform.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
In the movie’s only overt nod to the comic books, in which Dent becomes Batman enemy Two-Face, the character is seen crumpled and dazed following the explosion with the left side of his face severely burned.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Howes and Petersen, sleepy and half dazed, took turns at the wheel on the long drive home.
—Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daze
Noun
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Still, the broad outlines of a Trump-era deal are visible in the haze.—
David E. Sanger,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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Their tops, which may reach widely differing levels, sometimes emerge from a layer of haze or from a fairly continuous layer of cloud.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Director Mohammad Rasoulof tracks social and moral collapse with the kind of unnerving calm and visual precision that made the Iranian New Wave so striking when Abbas Kiarostami’s Through the Olive Trees and Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s A Moment of Innocence first stunned the film world in the 1990s.—
Armond White,
National Review,
22 Jan. 2025
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Legal Challenges Image Legal scholars and immigration advocates said on Tuesday that they were stunned by the breadth of the order.—
Michael D. Shear,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Somehow the site’s breathtaking antiquity had, all this time, succeeded in blinding me to its host country’s youth, its essential fragility.—
Youmna Melhem Chamieh,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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However, when left unchecked, ambition can morph into a toxic force that blinds individuals to ethical considerations.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes,
17 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Initially, Dury's comet hunting venture began close to home in Somerset but heavy mist and fog covered the Mendip Hills, so Dury was forced to head elsewhere.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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Tomorrow through Sunday, onshore winds will return, which will raise the humidity for the Los Angeles area and bring in some coastal fog and clouds.—
Stephanie Fuerte,
NBC News,
16 Jan. 2025
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This move paralyzes them and causes the whale sharks to slip into a kind of trance.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
13 Dec. 2024
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Yet there are drawbacks to being able to enter a trance.—
Sheila Heti,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Sep. 2024
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“Daze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daze. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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