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Or an investment from Z Fellows, which pays students to ignore their coursework for a week and dream up something interesting?—Theo Baker, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026 As the story goes, Helou and neighbor Ryan Burke — a tech veteran and fellow dad — dreamed up the concept during playdates, sketching the framework while their kids napped.—Sandra Barrera, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026 The council dreamed up the idea for the center 27 years ago.—Noel Brennan, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026 Our actual political landscape, in which government officials are adding journalists to top-secret group chats or running around in wrong-sized shoes as a form of flattery, has too far superseded anything even the most cutting jokester could ever have dreamed up.—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dream up