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Recent Examples of envisioned
Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
The City Council initially envisioned a 31-acre development project on public land.
—Andrea Levine O’Rourke, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
One such operation, named Project Honey Badger and developed decades ago in the wake of the US embassy hostage crisis, envisioned airlifting roughly 2,400 special operations troops on more than 100 aircraft into Iran.
—Jonathan Tirone, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
The Chicago Cubs envisioned a bounce-back season for reliever Porter Hodge.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
He was viewed as a gritty winger with scoring upside but never turned into the impact player the Rangers envisioned.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The city’s specific plan for the district, approved in 2011, envisioned growing the district’s housing inventory from hundreds of units to thousands, and adding retail and office space.
—Sacbee.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Also dead were a cluster of senior Iranian officials envisioned as potential successors.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
But a review of court records and other documents offers a window into how a technology project envisioned as reshaping education crumbled amid allegations of fraud.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
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One Cold War era proposal known as Project Honey Badger envisioned inserting about 2,400 special operations troops into Iran using more than 100 aircraft.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
The City Council initially envisioned a 31-acre development project on public land.
—Andrea Levine O’Rourke, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
One such operation, named Project Honey Badger and developed decades ago in the wake of the US embassy hostage crisis, envisioned airlifting roughly 2,400 special operations troops on more than 100 aircraft into Iran.
—Jonathan Tirone, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
The Chicago Cubs envisioned a bounce-back season for reliever Porter Hodge.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
He was viewed as a gritty winger with scoring upside but never turned into the impact player the Rangers envisioned.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The city’s specific plan for the district, approved in 2011, envisioned growing the district’s housing inventory from hundreds of units to thousands, and adding retail and office space.
—Sacbee.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Also dead were a cluster of senior Iranian officials envisioned as potential successors.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
But a review of court records and other documents offers a window into how a technology project envisioned as reshaping education crumbled amid allegations of fraud.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for envisioned
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Whale, and later fellow directors Franc Rodman, Branagh and now Gyllenhaal, imagined what might have happened if Frankenstein had completed the female monster.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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Along with co-founder Kyle Chayka, now of The New Yorker, Alioto first imagined Dirt as a moment-meeting entertainment brand that brooks very little techno-pessimism.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Ruggeri says that, in comparison to saw palmetto, which gets far more attention.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
19 Feb. 2026
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During the trial, jurors learned about grim Google searches Brian had made after his wife died, including how to saw a body and how to clean blood off of wood floors.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
18 Dec. 2025
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The former leftists who dreamed of spreading democracy at the barrel of a gun, after all, were only one part of the neocon movement.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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After October 7, 2023, the Israeli assassination campaign against leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah revealed lethal intelligence capabilities that could only have been dreamed of in the predigital Cold War.—
Tim Naftali,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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Civilians were pictured next to the missile, part of which was buried in the ground.—
Matt Nighswander,
NBC news,
4 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Bill is pictured socializing with Epstein and Maxwell in the files released by the Department of Justice, and appears on the flight logs for the late financier’s private jet.—
Tiago Ventura,
Time,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Thorn’s more famous namesake, former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, recently became the unlikely face of this exodus.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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Armed with lanterns, loyalty, and very little logic, these unlikely heroes blunder their way to a happy conclusion for all.—
Cincinnati Enquirer,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Envisioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envisioned. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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