as in imagining
to form a mental picture of
challenged the voters to envision a nation in which no child was ever allowed to go hungry
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Recent Examples of envisioning
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.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Still others were envisioning future scenarios where a president illegally seizes power in a coup.
—Ryan Kennedy, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
Ellen wonders, dejected and clearly envisioning her own future.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 26 Sep. 2025
That preparation can include qualifying potential deal partners, envisioning a game plan to test buyer demand and preparing executive summaries to set the table for negotiations.
—Frank Williamson, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
But others immediately began envisioning the catastrophic potentials of the scientific creation of bizarre new forms of biology.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 15 Sep. 2025
This book invites discussions about social conflict and envisioning new types of social interaction.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
However, the Ulrich plan largely predicted it right, envisioning a district that would absorb all of California’s northern state line with Oregon, stretching to Nevada.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
However, Cora is encouraging his young star to start envisioning returning in the ALCS.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Still others were envisioning future scenarios where a president illegally seizes power in a coup.
—Ryan Kennedy, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
Ellen wonders, dejected and clearly envisioning her own future.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 26 Sep. 2025
That preparation can include qualifying potential deal partners, envisioning a game plan to test buyer demand and preparing executive summaries to set the table for negotiations.
—Frank Williamson, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
But others immediately began envisioning the catastrophic potentials of the scientific creation of bizarre new forms of biology.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 15 Sep. 2025
This book invites discussions about social conflict and envisioning new types of social interaction.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
However, the Ulrich plan largely predicted it right, envisioning a district that would absorb all of California’s northern state line with Oregon, stretching to Nevada.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
However, Cora is encouraging his young star to start envisioning returning in the ALCS.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for envisioning
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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
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And imagining a world without our complexities and maladies was spirit expanding.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 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
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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
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That means Southerners dreaming of a vacation at sea no longer need to tack on a trip to Florida or New Orleans to set sail.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
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All of this left many of them dreaming of being a stay-at-home wife supported and protected by a rich and masculine man.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Envisioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envisioning. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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