conjuring (up)

Definition of conjuring (up)next
present participle of conjure (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjuring (up)
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • The Puerto Rican singer surrounded himself with men and women cutting down the stalks, summoning the territory’s centuries-long colonization, in which sugar played a central role.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 9 Feb. 2026
  • After her death, the South Jakarta Police Criminal Investigation Unit launched an investigation, summoning at least five individuals for question.
    Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Principal Michael Ferzoco founded the interior design firm in 2005, envisioning a novel and increasingly collaborative approach.
    Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 10 Feb. 2026
  • But the Republican president’s ambitions have expanded to envisioning the board as a mediator of worldwide conflicts, a not very subtle attempt to eclipse the Security Council, which is charged with ensuring international peace and security.
    Edith M. Lederer, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Cons But getting up early to work out can also present issues.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 13 Feb. 2026
  • And for supervising sound editor Al Nelson, now Oscar-nominated for his work on the film, that meant getting up close and personal to the powerful cars whizzing around corners on the tracks.
    Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Starring Zo In-sung and Park Jeong-min, the film – named after the intelligence-gathering term for human sources – follows a clash between North and South Korean agents in Vladivostok.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Glaciologist Helen Fricker also will be studying land and vegetation masses, gathering data that can be broadly used to assess the nature and health of some of the most isolated spots on Earth.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • Instead of picturing that exercise as long and gruesome, try breaking it up.
    Avery Newmark, AJC.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Conjuring (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjuring%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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