as in imagining
to form a mental picture of
after a huge meal like that, I cannot conceit eating another thing for the rest of the day
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But importantly, the model is not actually imagining anything or engaging in any deliberation, just reproducing patterns in how people talk or write about these counterfactuals.—
Walter Quattrociocchi,
Scientific American,
18 Feb. 2026 -
There’s something about studying real-life situations that have happened and then creating and imagining into this fictional kind of characterization of things.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Around back-to-school time every August, health providers in Dallas are used to seeing lines of patients out the door to get routine immunizations, Huang said, but not this year.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Daughter #1 will not communicate with #2 and won’t even acknowledge her new baby and even seeing a photo of the baby can set her off.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Trump wanted to change the colors to red, white and blue, envisioning a patriotic theme.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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Land’s writings from the nineties have a seductive danger, envisioning a sci-fi future of synthetic drugs, black-market brain implants, gene editing, and cyborgs.—
James Duesterberg,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
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The trio created fake Minnesota temporary drivers’ licenses using false names, with each license picturing one of the Thomases, federal prosecutors said.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Instead of picturing that exercise as long and gruesome, try breaking it up.—
Avery Newmark,
AJC.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Villanova football tight end Nolan Clayton said he's seen Jaylen come out of his shell, gain confidence and start dreaming big.—
Madeleine Wright,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Detroit Tigers fans dreaming of spring — and of basking in the Florida sun while the team prepares for the season there — have a new option to get to spring training directly.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Conceiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceiting. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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