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Recent Examples of ideate The summer is an ideal time to launch an independent volunteer project, as the free time away from school allows students to ideate, create a step-by-step plan, and execute on their ideas. Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025 Our editors discussed this at length when ideating around our 2025 SELF Pantry Awards. Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 10 June 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 See All Example Sentences for ideate
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Verb
  • Economist Pierre Azoulay and colleagues recently imagined an alternative history where NIH was 40% smaller and dispersed less money – a budget akin to current federal proposals.
    Ryan Summers, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
  • If people’s lives become intertwined after just a few months, imagine after 19 years together.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Anderson envisioned the scene where Penn’s Lockjaw does his paternity test with Willa as taking place in a chapel, so La Purisima’s sanctuary provided the perfect backdrop for his perverse quest.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Lazarus envisions Versant as a bridge between the past and future of media, a company that will use the large but declining cash generated by cable subscriptions to fund acquisition and investment in building the next generation of news and sports media.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In an interview with The Times, the actress revealed the story behind conceiving Mathilda.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Eusexua was conceived on the dance floor and delivers the euphoria of a club scene in its techno- and house-driven heyday.
    Shirley Halperin, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Unfortunately, fans won't be able to see LeBron or Luka on the court with the team for Friday's game, though.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Many who took the survey saw Goldberg-Polin as too moral to get involved in the rough and tumble world of Israel’s fractious political scene.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Caesar would have a tough time visualizing modern encryption algorithms.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
  • High-resolution 3-D scans allow researchers to visualize minuscule anatomies without lifting a scalpel.
    Marion Renault, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Ideate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideate. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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