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seeing things

Idioms

Experiencing hallucinations or delusions, as in I thought I saw my father, but I must have been seeing things; he died twenty years ago. [First half of 1900s]

Example Sentences

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“This really is the new generation seeing things completely differently,” Luntz said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

If you’re just checking the biggest stock movers in Wednesday trading, you’re not seeing things.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

By most measures, Netflix reported solid fourth-quarter and year-end results, but investors are seeing things differently.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

Maybe experience seeing things when you’re younger that can lead you in a different way?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

We tend to count the diseases conquered, the planets explored, the drudgeries banished, and to assert that the greater good is served by seeing things our way.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

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