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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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Vogt said Ramírez underwent imaging tests that revealed the fracture.—
Tom Withers,
Chicago Tribune,
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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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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But Rose and the Knicks valued Bridges’ fit, envisioning him as another defensive stopper and as a dangerous 3-point shooter and slasher to further open up the Knicks’ offense.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
30 May 2026
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At the same time, respondents estimated that more than 6,400 jobs in fabrication, installation, and related construction activity are at risk.—
Steve Swedberg,
Fortune,
14 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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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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This is inevitably a book by a human about how humans—the makers of art and its viewers—understand the dog seeing in relation to our species.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
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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Some will see cosmic potential, while others will see science-fiction red flags.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
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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Cognitive shuffling, by contrast, gives the brain just enough to do—coming up with a word, holding a letter, generating items, picturing each one—without revving it up.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
5 May 2026
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“Envisaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envisaging. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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