as in imagining
to form a mental picture of
I'm trying to envisage you on a surfboard
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Verb
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American’s work builds on this legacy, but instead of imagining outer space, the artist zooms in on the very conditions that made Butler’s voice possible, which were the everyday sacrifices of her mother and grandmother.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
2 Sep. 2025 -
Unlike imagining a hand movement (which has clear neural pathways), programming involves abstract, symbolic reasoning.—
Somdip Dey,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For medical concerns that require prescriptions, labs or imaging, patients will need clinician assistance.—
Robert Pearl,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The mammogram, plus additional imaging and a biopsy, revealed a diagnosis of breast cancer.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Here in his little 80-page grin-inducing edition published by Titan Books featuring those intimidating Klingons during their downtime, Spiotto lets his imagination run rampant in envisioning just what existence is like after the antagonism and combat plans are put away.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The law offers sweeping powers to the president, envisioning armed conflict within the United States.—
Konstantin Toropin,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The natural language processing is now based on Alexa, not Cerence's tech, and there's a cartoon visualization for the personal assistant that looks a bit like a ninja, or perhaps an alien.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
5 Sep. 2025
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The last anniversary parade, 10 years ago, drew five African leaders, according to a data visualization shared by Neil Thomas, a fellow on Chinese politics at the Asia Society.—
Preeti Jha,
semafor.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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His reaction to seeing his name on topping a list of creators who influence a billion dollar industry?—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
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Corr appeared to have knowledge of the victims daily routines and would make comments about ‘seeing them soon’.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Aster is obsessed with people’s unchecked power to shame others online, whether with the truth or with unfair fabrications.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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There’s a lot of variety in fabrications such as chiffon, taffeta, linen, satin face organza and more.—
Emily Mercer,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Instead of picturing black holes only as cosmic traps that consume matter, the CCBH model describes them as tiny droplets of dark energy.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Aug. 2025
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Hinton isn’t picturing minor upgrades.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There are no sections that go entirely unloved by our staff, but some favorites include literary fiction, cookbooks, sci fi and fantasy and all things kids' books.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Such subtlety may not necessarily be what readers—perhaps American readers, in particular—expect from political fiction, which can have a reputation for being didactic and heavy-handed, designed to beat readers over the head, as if anything political were made in the mode of Soviet realism.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Envisaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envisaging. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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