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Recent Examples of envisaged
ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
Israel wants Lebanon’s government to assume responsibility for disarming Hezbollah, much as was envisaged in a November 2024 ceasefire.
—Munir Ahmed, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
Diaspora Jewry needs the confidence to work in partnership with Israelis for the Israel envisaged in the Declaration of Independence.
—Mick Davis, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026
Israel wants Lebanon’s government to assume responsibility for disarming Hezbollah, much like was envisaged in a November 2024 ceasefire.
—E. Eduardo Castillo, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
Leon envisaged selling the product to police and military customers.
—Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
The agency envisaged the book as a public invitation for other Iranian nuclear scientists to defect as well, and Chalker worked government contacts at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation to line up a publisher at its HarperCollins division.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
It also is not envisaged by Iran’s first opponent.
—Graham Dunbar, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
The source envisaged that Iran would establish diplomatic ties with the United States and take a position on Israel similar to that of Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf states.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2026
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Israel wants Lebanon’s government to assume responsibility for disarming Hezbollah, much like was envisaged in a November 2024 ceasefire.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
Israel wants Lebanon’s government to assume responsibility for disarming Hezbollah, much as was envisaged in a November 2024 ceasefire.
—Munir Ahmed, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
Diaspora Jewry needs the confidence to work in partnership with Israelis for the Israel envisaged in the Declaration of Independence.
—Mick Davis, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026
Israel wants Lebanon’s government to assume responsibility for disarming Hezbollah, much like was envisaged in a November 2024 ceasefire.
—E. Eduardo Castillo, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
Leon envisaged selling the product to police and military customers.
—Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
The agency envisaged the book as a public invitation for other Iranian nuclear scientists to defect as well, and Chalker worked government contacts at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation to line up a publisher at its HarperCollins division.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
It also is not envisaged by Iran’s first opponent.
—Graham Dunbar, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
The source envisaged that Iran would establish diplomatic ties with the United States and take a position on Israel similar to that of Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf states.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for envisaged
Verb
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That leads you at times to think Mantello has imagined the play — with its flashbacks as Willy imagines the road not taken — as taking place inside Willy’s head.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Instead of swing sets or seesaws, Noguchi imagined the land itself forming ridges, steps, and mounds that would invite free-form play.—
Terry Nguyen,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Two astronauts will aim for the south polar region, the preferred location for Isaacman’s envisioned $20 billion to $30 billion moon base.—
Marcia Dunn,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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In 1949, Arthur Miller envisioned the American Dream as a kind of spiritual opioid crisis — a profitable system of addiction, this one to a beautiful lie, that was literally killing people.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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An evolving cross-cultural icon For Nakamachi, seeing how fortune cookies evolved into an unlikely cultural icon in a foreign land is inspiring.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026
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The magazine’s second editor was nonetheless a Gernsback ally, the unlikely electrical engineer and former editor of Scientific American Thomas O’Connor Sloane.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Moving a blade back and forth to try to saw biscuits apart will make their layers stick (and ruin the rise).—
Ella Quittner,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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Ruggeri says that, in comparison to saw palmetto, which gets far more attention.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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He's pictured here finishing a power clean rep in the McEachern High School weight room.—
Jeff Sentell,
AJC.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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They are pictured with their three daughters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Morgan once dreamed of being an actress in New York and is growing restless as a schoolteacher in a stale relationship with Max (Jack Innanen), who she’s known forever.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026
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Glover is a Pomona native who dreamed of becoming an astronaut while flying through the air as a pole vaulter at Ontario High School.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Envisaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envisaged. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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