as in to imagine
to form a mental picture of
the psychotic would repeatedly ideate the act of committing murder, and eventually he came to believe his own delusions
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Recent Examples of ideate
Our editors discussed this at length when ideating around our 2025 SELF Pantry Awards.
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Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 10 June 2025
Ludwig Göransson, the Academy Award-winning composer and Proximity co-founder, was ideating the film’s music before the screenplay was done.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 18 Apr. 2025
While the bride took the lead on ideating the wedding, Michael worked on curating their 34-day honeymoon around Europe that would follow.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2025
While lip is Being Frenshe’s latest iteration of wellness, Jain said Tisdale and the Maesa team are always ideating what could be next.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 10 June 2025
Ludwig Göransson, the Academy Award-winning composer and Proximity co-founder, was ideating the film’s music before the screenplay was done.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 18 Apr. 2025
While the bride took the lead on ideating the wedding, Michael worked on curating their 34-day honeymoon around Europe that would follow.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2025
While lip is Being Frenshe’s latest iteration of wellness, Jain said Tisdale and the Maesa team are always ideating what could be next.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideate
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Looking Down On Earth From Orbit After nearly a year in orbit, Marshburn has gained a perspective few of us can imagine.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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In Bezos’ imagined future, Earth is reserved for living and vacationing, perhaps preserved indefinitely as a national park.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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The audience was shocked – which is just what Gaga envisioned.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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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
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Guillermo del Toro, whose Pinocchio was conceived as an ode to the human over the machine, was emphatic on the subject.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Endurance Racers LAT Images The ARX-06 is built to the LMDh ruleset which was conceived by IMSA.—
Sam Abuelsamid,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Lerner says some customers see savings of 30 to 50 percent in their first month.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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This announcement came as a bit of a shock, given The Vampire Diaries actor and Olympic gold medalist had been seen holding hands at an outdoor market as recently as August 31.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
12 Sep. 2025
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Here’s a metaphor to visualize the power of synergistic alignment.—
Jerry Cahn,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The researchers then conducted endoscopies to look for the presence of hemorrhoids inside each subject, and 43% of the participants had hemorrhoids visualized.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Ideate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideate. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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