Thesaurus results for CONJURED (UP)

conjured (up)

verb

past tense of conjure (up)

as in imagined

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

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as in summoned

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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Layers are everywhere in 2026, but this time the haircut is being imagined as less edgy and a bit softer—more flowing, more subtle.

— Lucy Binder, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2026
From the outset of the original life-size Gundam project, this has turned into something far greater than was initially imagined.

— Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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Roy Clark could show up at Felix and Oscar’s New York apartment in The Odd Couple to demonstrate his virtuoso pickin’ skills and be summoned to Burbank to sub in for Johnny Carson as a guest host of The Tonight Show.

— David Kamp, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
His successor, former President Serzh Sargsyan, also was summoned to the Anti-Corruption Committee headquarters, Armenian media outlets reported.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

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The implementation of these checks and balances can be seen as tactical and their uses have evolved over time in ways the Founders might not have envisioned.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
The hospital is envisioned as the centerpiece of a larger health care network.

— Jamal Goss, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of envisioned

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Community members gathered for the town hall Monday night to hear from former employees, community leaders and the president and CEO of Insight, who spoke about his hopes for the now-shuttered West Suburban and Weiss Memorial hospitals.

— Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
During the surge, the most important of these turned out to be those founded during the upheaval that followed George Floyd’s murder, when residents gathered in nearby parks to organize block associations led by captains.

— Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

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Parton pictured with some of her stage wigs in Los Angeles on March 10, 1980.

— Shima Oliaee, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
Sound’s Round 2 Impresario-musician Mike Reed’s multigenre, multivenue festival, Sound & Gravity, returns for its second year with acts like Son Lux (pictured, above) and Chicago’s Jessica Risker.

— Web Behrens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

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