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conjure (up)

verb

Definition of conjure (up)

as in to imagine

to form a mental picture of with certain flowers I instantly conjure up memories of our Caribbean honeymoon

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as in to summon

to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers managed to conjure up the courage to ask the boss for a raise

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And the remarkable part of this entire sequence is that at least two characters are actively imagining uses for the box that will compromise the experiment.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
One can only imagine what that iPad has looked like in the past few days.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of imagine

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Initially, their aunt appears to have summoned them there for free labor with the housework, garden and hens.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
As part of the inquiry, the mayor of Kenscoff and the police inspector in charge of the sprawling mountaintop rural district have been summoned for questioning.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of summon

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Missouri's confusion comes amid a spate of redistricting across the country normally seen just once a decade after each census.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
The Seahawks used that coverage on nearly 50% of its defensive snaps in the Super Bowl, the highest rate Maye saw all season.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of see

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Every autumn, as the bay freezes, hundreds of these bears gather around it before heading out across the ice, and thousands of tourists come to see them.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026
As my family gathered at my younger brother's apartment in downtown Philadelphia the next day, the mood was deeply heavy.

— Laurel Dalrymple, NPR, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of gather

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The Browns always envisioned defensive tackle Maliek Collins being activated from the physically unable to perform list in time to ramp up for the opener, and Collins is on schedule.

— Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
When asked how ketogenic therapy might someday enter mainstream psychiatric care, Scher envisioned multidisciplinary care teams.

— Kelly Rogers Victor, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

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