How to Use pipe dream in a Sentence
pipe dream
noun
- His plan for starting his own business was just a pipe dream.
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The playoffs seem like a pipe dream for the 49ers right now.
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Ann Killion,
San Francisco Chronicle,
24 Oct. 2021
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The Bears have lost three in a row, and a playoff run looks like a pipe dream.
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Lorenzo Reyes,
USA TODAY,
9 Nov. 2020
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That last one is more of a pipe dream, but who knows where life may take me.
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Josh Newman,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
30 July 2021
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For the Palestinians, a state of their own seems like a pipe dream.
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Ilan Goldenberg,
Foreign Affairs,
21 June 2021
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That achievement was decades in the making, and for most of that time seemed a pipe dream.
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Ed Whelan,
National Review,
14 July 2022
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The idea of scanning all of the world's fish had once been a pipe dream that threatened to take decades.
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National Geographic,
21 July 2016
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In a non-Covid world, the Snyder Cut remains a pipe dream.
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Scott Mendelson,
Forbes,
12 Aug. 2022
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Deer hunting year-round is a pipe dream in most places.
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Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
16 Oct. 2020
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In this world, the golden mean does not exist and equipoise is a pipe dream.
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Kent Sepkowitz,
CNN,
5 Nov. 2022
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But Viveca Greene, PhD, tells me that might be a pipe dream.
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Molly Longman,
refinery29.com,
29 Oct. 2020
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That’s a pipe dream that most viewers put away long ago.
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Hank Stuever,
Washington Post,
15 Oct. 2020
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Just a few months ago, reaching the glitzy checkpoint was a pipe dream.
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Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2022
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The world of real-time payments is no longer a pipe dream of the near-future.
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Rey Mashayekhi,
Fortune,
31 Aug. 2019
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With the project looking like a pipe dream, the Corps changed everything in 2017.
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Ben Brasch,
ajc,
16 Dec. 2020
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The idea was a pipe dream in the 1980s, when less than a quarter of the country supported it.
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Nicolas Rivero,
Quartz,
29 Aug. 2022
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Still, there are signs that seizing the Senate is no longer a pipe dream.
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Washington Post,
26 Apr. 2018
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In this dark and brooding place, justice is a pipe dream.
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Karen D'souza,
The Mercury News,
3 Aug. 2024
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In other corners of the world, that may be only a pipe dream.
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David McGrath,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2024
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Soon, our plans for a big family seemed more like a pipe dream.
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Claire Gibson,
Marie Claire,
1 Oct. 2018
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But as each day passes, that feels more a pipe dream than a solid plan.
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cincinnati.com,
10 Dec. 2020
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Economists on both sides of the aisle say that hopes of clawing back that cash is a pipe dream.
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Alana Abramson,
Time,
2 Mar. 2021
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Some might call it a pipe dream, but our best minds are working to bring Facebook back.
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Sauleha Kamal,
The New Yorker,
30 July 2023
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Typically priced at more than $200, it's been more of a pipe dream for me.
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Courtney Campbell,
USA TODAY,
25 July 2019
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But at the time, computational speed made the idea a pipe dream.
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Kevin Hartnett,
WIRED,
26 May 2018
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Just a couple of months ago, the idea of full-capacity shows in 2021 seemed like a pipe dream.
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Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
1 July 2021
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Then again, putting even a brief scare into the Astros on Friday night seemed like a pipe dream.
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Gabe Lacques,
USA TODAY,
29 Oct. 2022
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Our fantasies of a working shrink ray are merely a pipe dream?
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Eric Spitznagel,
Popular Mechanics,
21 June 2019
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The idea of repeat physical visits becomes a pipe dream for many.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2024
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But if Harris is taking notes from Walz’s approach in Minnesota, that hope might be little more than a pipe dream.
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Rebecca Picciotto,
CNBC,
2 Sep. 2024
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