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envisaged

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verb

past tense of envisage

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of envisaged
Adjective
She is also equipped with an Energy Storage System designed to manage onboard energy flows based on envisaged operations, capable of peak shaving and silent operation at anchor, contributing to a substantial reduction in fuel usage. — Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Verb
Like the boutique hotel concept that forever changed Florence’s hospitality landscape, the new residential concept was envisaged as a place people want to come back to again and again. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026 German military planning envisaged a lightning invasion of ​north-​eastern France through neutral Belgium, followed by a rapid advance towards Paris. — Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026 Reuters earlier reported on the cancellation of the NEOM stadium, which was envisaged as being on the roof of The Line, a 500-meter-tall skyscraper. — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026 Riyadh is targeting $100 billion in annual FDI by 2030 to help finance and accelerate the economic transformation envisaged under Vision 2030. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 What Jefferson envisaged, in contrast, was an unyielding north-south grid of continental proportions. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 The building projects envisaged by the tech industry are on a truly staggering scale. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 27 Sep. 2026 The transitional government's dissolution was envisaged as part of the road map to elections. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 Tartus and the newer Hmeimim ultimately never realized the full strategic potential Moscow not long ago envisaged for them. — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for envisaged
Adjective
  • Friedman began her remarks by reminding the audience of von Furstenberg’s unlikely beginning, born in Brussels to a Holocaust survivor.
    — Ariel Bielsky, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Dahlia Scheindlin, a veteran pollster who works for left-of-center candidates and parties in Israel, speculated that the number of returning overseas voters was unlikely to be big enough to change the outcome of the election.
    — Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The roundtables definitely felt way more intense than I’d imagined and go on for a lot longer.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Ella Stiller never imagined herself on a legal drama, but Robert and Michelle King don’t make your traditional legal drama.
    — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Connected trainers, with streaks, reminders and visualized progress, target exactly that motivational gap.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The backstory Tyler Cauble, a local real estate developer, looked at the Congress Inn for years and envisioned a place that served both locals and visitors.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
  • In agriculture, the systems are envisioned as field operations centers, drone stations, equipment hubs, and distributed farm intelligence facilities.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In the book, Covey tells the story of a man relentlessly sawing down a tree.
    — Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 2 June 2026
  • Jordan Walker, sawed off by a 96 mph sinker, lined out softly.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • She is pictured here as a senior in high school being interviewed by CBS West Palm Beach affiliate while studying to become a pilot.
    — Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • There will soon even be a new local arthouse distributor in play, thanks to Matt Kelson’s CineYama (pictured above).
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Meet the Minds Behind Poetry in Motion New York’s subway, from its founding, was dreamt as a public good in all senses, to provide a useful and reliable service that was also a pleasant place to be.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
  • But still, tens of thousands of people lived there, survived and dreamed.
    — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

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“Envisaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envisaged. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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