imaginings
plural noun
imag·in·ings
i-ˈmaj-niŋz 
-ˈma-jə-
: products of the imagination : thoughts, images
formless imaginings of danger and terror—
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Dia Art Foundation is known for collecting artists in depth and supporting their wildest imaginings—City, Michael Heizer’s sprawling epic in the Nevada desert, and Walter De Maria’s The Lightning Field in New Mexico come to mind.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2023
The expansive imaginings of survivalist adaptations are matched by the production’s eerie visual allure, not least in the marine pulchritude of the cordyceps’ character design.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2023
Corsage takes place in the months after the Empress’s 40th Birthday and is full of Kreutzer’s imaginings—based only loosely on a handpicked smattering of historical facts.
—Katie Bowman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Dec. 2022
Their respective specialties are even better and also wilder in their imaginings.
—Bill Addisonrestaurant Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
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Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2023
The expansive imaginings of survivalist adaptations are matched by the production’s eerie visual allure, not least in the marine pulchritude of the cordyceps’ character design.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2023
Corsage takes place in the months after the Empress’s 40th Birthday and is full of Kreutzer’s imaginings—based only loosely on a handpicked smattering of historical facts.
—Katie Bowman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Dec. 2022
Their respective specialties are even better and also wilder in their imaginings.
—Bill Addisonrestaurant Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
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“Imaginings.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imaginings. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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