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as in imagining
to form a mental picture of
I'm trying to envisage you on a surfboard
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Recent Examples of envisaging
Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 11 Dec. 2025
Verb
Gufram and Snarkitecture’s Sculpted Mirror In envisaging the Sculpted Mirror for Gufram, Snarkitecture founders designers Alex Mustonen and Daniel Arsham carefully studied the theme of reflective surfaces.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 11 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for envisaging
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Instead, the imaging revealed a mass in Grinberg's chest, and additional scans later found cancer in her lymph nodes, lung lining and bones.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
14 June 2026
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Math illuminates how traffic flows, how our cells build proteins and even how to speed up medical imaging scans.—
Carolyn Y. Johnson,
Washington Post,
14 June 2026
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So Andersen arrived, imagining that the children would adore him and his work the way Danish children did.—
Stuart Miller,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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Though Savage’s silence is shocking in the context of imagining these people all working together as children, blocking someone’s number is not an inherently violent action.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
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The companies first struck a partnership in September 2024, with Lionsgate employing Runway’s technology for pre-visualization, storyboarding, parts of the post-production process and a potential repurposing of content across rating scales and genres.—
Corbin Bolies,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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The robot relies on commercially available parts for mobility, sensing, data processing, communication, and visualization.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
11 June 2026
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Experts from around the globe are already busy envisioning creative applications for artificial intelligence in space.—
Michael P. Dempsey,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2026
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Vergne will be in charge of overseeing the museum’s public programming, exhibitions and artistic direction, as well as strengthening relationships with international partner institutions and re-envisioning the museum’s curatorial scope.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
4 June 2026
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Lace and embroidered fabrications give a naked dress a light layer of romance without weighing the look down.—
Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
14 June 2026
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Existing attempts to miniaturize these pumping systems often involve compromises, such as rigid mechanical components, high operating voltages, complex fabrication processes, or sacrifices in pumping performance.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 June 2026
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Quick hits Cornerback Chau Smith-Wade, who is seeing time at safety, blitzed Pickett for a would-be sack during 11-on-11 work.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
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As the top marketing and strategy officer for Lumen Technologies, Ryan Asdourian never tires of seeing his company’s name atop the Seattle Seahawks stadium, Lumen Field.—
Les Carpenter,
Washington Post,
10 June 2026
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Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Association.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Drawing on generations of Chinatown family lore and silences, See turns China City’s vanished streets and her ancestors’ immigrant gambles into a historical fiction layered with stories of survival and belonging.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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When picturing a predator, most people envision an animal with immense speed, sharp teeth or deadly venom.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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The test case—picturing a cow doing ballet—produces a smug bovine pirouetting.—
Elise Broach,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Envisaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envisaging. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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