as in to imagine
to form a mental picture of
the psychotic would repeatedly ideate the act of committing murder, and eventually he came to believe his own delusions
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While sitting at his Chicago home, Spencer tells me the album was ideated four years ago and took about a year to complete.
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2024
This partnership is a full circle moment for the Native Son movement since 2016 as the organization was ideated from Baldwin’s writings.
—Essence, 9 Aug. 2024
After Williams’s death, their model suggested that, for people who were not ideating, the risk of starting to do so briefly increased 1000-fold.
—Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 31 July 2024
On this panel, moderated by Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole and her husband, founder of Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks, CEOs from across the nation, and celebrity friends work together to ideate and make another business owner’s dream come true.
—Essence, 6 July 2024
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2024
This partnership is a full circle moment for the Native Son movement since 2016 as the organization was ideated from Baldwin’s writings.
—Essence, 9 Aug. 2024
After Williams’s death, their model suggested that, for people who were not ideating, the risk of starting to do so briefly increased 1000-fold.
—Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 31 July 2024
On this panel, moderated by Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole and her husband, founder of Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks, CEOs from across the nation, and celebrity friends work together to ideate and make another business owner’s dream come true.
—Essence, 6 July 2024
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“Ideate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideate. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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