Thesaurus results for CONJURES (UP)

conjures (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of conjure (up)

as in imagines

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

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as in summons

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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No parent ever imagines spending a holiday within hospital walls, so these traditions aim to give them something to look forward to and enjoy in the midst of it all.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
Ward imagines a space inside a space, not unlike the custom tents and custom builds popular in luxury weddings right now (one tent took five days to assemble and recreate a Greek Orthodox church, Vogue reported).

— Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 1 July 2026

Definition of imagines

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In an attempt to regain her powers, Lucia accidentally summons a cosmic entity known as Altair.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
Chief to its success is a powerhouse performance by Yana Radeva, who summons the spirit of Gena Rowlands in Gloria as a woman determined not to be defined by men.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 May 2026

Definition of summons

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The deal envisions peaceful relations between the two states and lays out a road map to disarm the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, secure Israel’s full withdrawal from Lebanon and restore Lebanese sovereignty over its entire national territory.

— Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026
The team envisions future humanoid robots could also assist by grabbing tools, or clean up following a surgery.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 July 2026

Definition of envisions

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Rooms open toward the water, the terrace gathers the view from three sides and the modest footprint keeps the experience close.

— Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Once the story gathers everyone into the house and lets the mayhem start in earnest, an overall feeling of Gothic grimness and rotting-corpse griminess takes hold.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2026

Definition of gathers

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Like Parker and filmmaker Robert Altman, another Kansas City native, Swift sees Sudeikis as a genius.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2026
And the viewer sees the crowd too—sometimes as a great, heaving body, other times as individual figures, each with their own rapt expression.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 11 July 2026

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