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verb

past tense of envision

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Recent Examples of envisioned
Verb
The Browns always envisioned defensive tackle Maliek Collins being activated from the physically unable to perform list in time to ramp up for the opener, and Collins is on schedule. Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Spearheaded by the family’s patriarch, a civil engineer who spent five years meticulously guiding its development, it was envisioned as a place with soul, which is inspired by the family’s summers growing up on the island. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026 When asked how ketogenic therapy might someday enter mainstream psychiatric care, Scher envisioned multidisciplinary care teams. Kelly Rogers Victor, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026 The company’s early materials envisioned operating 70 sites by 2030. Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026 The project envisioned an era when the world's goods would crisscross the world powered by the emission-free atom. New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026 From the start, Knight envisioned an animation studio where darkness and light weren't treated as opposites. ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 Dolly Parton’s cousin is sharing insight into how the beloved country icon and philanthropist envisioned being laid to rest, prior to her death last month. Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026 If Tom Ford as envisioned by the man himself felt like the most glamorous of nights out, Ackermann considers his iteration of the brand the liminal space that follows. José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 2 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for envisioned
Adjective
  • She is also equipped with an Energy Storage System designed to manage onboard energy flows based on envisaged operations, capable of peak shaving and silent operation at anchor, contributing to a substantial reduction in fuel usage.
    Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • Few could have imagined then, just how far women’s boxing would travel, carried high on Taylor’s shoulders, over the next 17 years.
    Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The conceit — Monroe imagined at the century mark, walking into an audition and finally allowed to speak her mind — arrived nearly whole.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The rationale being that Frank Lampard got his tactics spot on at the Etihad and on another day – a day when Coventry were more decisive in front of goal – their head coach would have been celebrating an unlikely result.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Chris Douglas, a professor of economics at the University of Michigan-Flint, called it unlikely that stick prices will go up 50% across the board, noting Canada's modest market share, but wonders what will happen if demand increases.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In the book, Covey tells the story of a man relentlessly sawing down a tree.
    Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 2 June 2026
  • Jordan Walker, sawed off by a 96 mph sinker, lined out softly.
    Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Having once dreamed a modern India would be able to move past divisions of religion and caste, Jinnah became disillusioned.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Brooks, in particular, Panthers fans have dreamed about for years.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Though it's pictured unfurnished, Mini Domy does say that it can be outfitted with a proper bed and a kitchenette.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Sep. 2026
  • The idea had come up even before the death of Parton (pictured above at London’s Heathrow Airport in 1977).
    Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

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“Envisioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envisioned. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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