conjuring (up)

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjuring (up)
Verb
  • But investors are so skittish that a recent viral blog post imagining a bleak AI future was enough to spark a selloff.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • So, there’s a way in which land offers, figuratively and literally, fertile space for imagining a way of life, a way of being, that can be sustainable, that can be flourishing.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Alice cleverly doesn’t answer when Araminta demands to know if the queen is summoning her, just shoots her a coy smile.
    Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
  • In other words, a home is capable of summoning the California spirit without actually being there.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Trump wanted to change the colors to red, white and blue, envisioning a patriotic theme.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • However, as Bowness has stressed all week, the Blue Jackets aren’t the only club getting up to speed.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Cons But getting up early to work out can also present issues.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Neighbors confirmed seeing local police and FBI agents at the home in the suburban community of Southwest Ranches.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Relative humidity will remain in the 30% to 40% range on Wednesday and Thursday, with Friday seeing a return to normal dry season humidity of around 60%.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • After South Carolina, Jackson will be returned to Chicago for a large celebration of life gathering at a megachurch and the final homegoing services at the headquarters of Rainbow PUSH.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • But other pictures showed tens of thousands gathering in the capital in sorrow.
    Robin Wright, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Dreaming of solutions In this new study, to explore whether explicitly dreaming about a problem can help people find solutions to it, Paller, Konkoly, and their colleagues had 20 subjects work on a set of logic puzzles.
    Veronique Greenwood, Time, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Looking back over his career trajectory, the festival recounted how Park first started dreaming of becoming a film director after discovering Vertigo by Alfred Hitchcock.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 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 3 Mar. 2026.

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