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 Synonyms for envisaging
Verb
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Green’s photographs capture not just the heaviness of choice, but the joy of imagining different lives.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
23 Oct. 2025 -
And imagining a world without our complexities and maladies was spirit expanding.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Although the new commercial space ethos of building satellites fast and cheap has dominated Earth imaging from space for years, deep-space astronomy has so far been headed mostly in the opposite direction — trending toward more complex machines worth billions of dollars.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Banks will discuss how hormones and inflammation may influence Alzheimer’s risk; why women are disproportionately affected; the role of genetics and brain imaging in unlocking answers and lifestyle choices that may help protect memory and cognition.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And some of these AI companies are projecting the idea even further, envisioning a future where AI agents use their coding abilities spin up bespoke software on the fly to handle many of the tasks that now require enterprise software, like, um, Salesforce.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Still others were envisioning future scenarios where a president illegally seizes power in a coup.—
Ryan Kennedy,
The Conversation,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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People are experimenting with data visualization, audio, video—whatever best serves the story.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Open rhinoplasty allows maximal visualization for complex tips, asymmetries, and revision cases.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In his eight wins, all eight have come inside the distance, with only two fights seeing a second round.—
Brett Appley,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Looking forward to seeing Becks on our plane ride home.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Traditional fabrication methods often fail to maintain nanoscale uniformity in lithium electrode production.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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Requiring over 20 hours of fabrication time, this lustrous dial is produced via the application of numerous layers of vitreous enamel and multiple firings in a kiln measuring between 800 degrees and 900 degrees Celsius.—
Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Instead of picturing a style in her head or printing a 2D version for clients, Koop and other Alta users can look through lifelike representations of wardrobe pieces.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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For someone like me, who has trouble picturing things that are not immediately in front of her, watching people run up the hill was illuminating.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This, the medical profession maintains, is the stuff of fiction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Oct. 2025
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These spots are all gone, but now, due in part to the rise of #BookTok, where genre fiction often goes viral, booksellers are once again getting more targeted in their approach.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Envisaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envisaging. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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