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as in envisions
to form a mental picture of
she was determined to have the wedding that she had always imagined
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as in thinks
to have as an opinion
I imagine that's true, but you still have to prove it
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as in assumes
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
I imagine things will change rapidly once we begin
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Recent Examples of imagines
Made on a shoestring budget and expanded from a student film, director John Carpenter‘s feature debut imagines space travel as something closer to a dead-end job.
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Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
At least, that’s how Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang imagines work could be one day at Nvidia.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
The project imagines a Joseon princess whose songs conjure spontaneous wonderlands, before a moonlit portal transports her to a mysterious palace of history’s greatest artists.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
But not in Testament — a 1983 apocalypse drama that imagines nuclear catastrophe not through explosions, but through absence.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026
Lee and Elaine imagines the two not only coming back from the dead but coming back as friends and lovers.
—Literary Hub, 17 Mar. 2026
For the sake of argument, Litt imagines a hypothetical library generated by superintelligent AIs and containing every proof possible in the mathematical universe.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
In one scene, edible-loving Rile, who has a knack for improvisation, imagines herself as an adult working as a film and TV composer.
—Jessica Zack, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
Reiter imagines the ultralight, streamlined Orca transporter serving roles as diverse as individual customers.
—C.c. Weiss
march 05, New Atlas, 5 Mar. 2026
Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
At least, that’s how Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang imagines work could be one day at Nvidia.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
The project imagines a Joseon princess whose songs conjure spontaneous wonderlands, before a moonlit portal transports her to a mysterious palace of history’s greatest artists.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
But not in Testament — a 1983 apocalypse drama that imagines nuclear catastrophe not through explosions, but through absence.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026
Lee and Elaine imagines the two not only coming back from the dead but coming back as friends and lovers.
—Literary Hub, 17 Mar. 2026
For the sake of argument, Litt imagines a hypothetical library generated by superintelligent AIs and containing every proof possible in the mathematical universe.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
In one scene, edible-loving Rile, who has a knack for improvisation, imagines herself as an adult working as a film and TV composer.
—Jessica Zack, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
Reiter imagines the ultralight, streamlined Orca transporter serving roles as diverse as individual customers.
—C.c. Weiss
march 05, New Atlas, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imagines
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The team envisions the wristband becoming a primary tool for virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR).—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
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Derwinski envisions the new park being used for multiple events including such things as Fourth of July fireworks displays.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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The Wall Street investment bank thinks three companies can benefit from the new supply and demand dynamic.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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One thinks of the hundred brothers that Donald Antrim imagined, gathering in the ancestral home to honor their father’s memory and ritually slaughtering one of their own.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Receiving the credit also assumes residency, which can be tricky, warns Nathan Hagerman, partner at Taft law firm.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
22 Mar. 2026
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This assumes the ability to accelerate exports to more than 7 million barrels a day in the second half of the year, alongside higher payments from Aramco due to elevated crude prices.—
Alaa Shahine Salha,
semafor.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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Tam Do, from Urban Promise, has partnered with the Sixers Youth Foundation and sees the positivity first-hand.—
Kerri Corrado,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Murkowski sees the case -- a challenge by the Republican National Committee and others to Mississippi's allowance of late-arriving ballots -- as an effort to end voting by mail nationwide.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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Riboua believes Israel could go even further than the Litani River, viewing now as its opportunity to rid itself of Hezbollah for good.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Mar. 2026
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While many of the factors contributing to the housing affordability crisis are structural, Wacksman believes Zillow can at least improve the conditions for those who still think homeownership is out of reach.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
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Anyone who guesses the date the snow pile will be fully melted can win a $20 Freedom card, good for a few train rides.—
Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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There will be times when Bader guesses right and takes a good pass and hits a lineout.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Sparkd conceives personalized workout programs at the gym based on markers, including balancing and motor skills, and dual-task performance.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
20 Jan. 2026
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In a bid to increase his nation’s number of rug rats, Władysław Grochowski, owner of one of Poland’s biggest hotel chains, has pledged to throw a party for every couple who conceives while staying at his properties.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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On the final day of the festival, The Observer is hosting an event with debut novelists the paper considers to be rising stars of fiction.—
Irenie Forshaw,
TheWeek,
26 Mar. 2026
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Millet considers the first run of Theatre Obscure to be an experiment in how much touch and scent audiences may want to endure.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Imagines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imagines. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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