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as in depicting
to present a picture of
in the painting Sacagawea is imaged as an intrepid woman pointing the way for Lewis and Clark
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as in describing
to give a representation or account of in words
the brochure images a vacation at the resort in language that makes you want to make a reservation this instant
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as in reflecting
to reproduce or show (an exact likeness) as a mirror would
the burnished chrome fixtures imaged the jewelry store's glittery merchandise
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as in imagining
to form a mental picture of
anyone who still images the cape's coastline as a scene of unspoiled beauty is in for a rude awakening
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Recent Examples of imaging
Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Qatar also provides a third of the world’s helium, a by-product of natural-gas production and a key ingredient in the manufacturing of computer chips and medical imaging equipment.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
Claudio Villanueva, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
They’ll hopefully be joined in space by NASA’s future Habitable Worlds Observatory, which might be our best bet of all for directly imaging Earth-sized planets.
—Big Think, 17 Feb. 2026
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Noun
The team said imaging was consistent with irritation in the joint of the first toe on his right foot, adding that further updates will be provided as appropriate without providing a timeline for Westbrook’s return.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Qatar also provides a third of the world’s helium, a by-product of natural-gas production and a key ingredient in the manufacturing of computer chips and medical imaging equipment.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
But imaging studies in the late 2000s revealed that many adults retain metabolically active brown fat, particularly in the neck and upper chest.
—Claudio Villanueva, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
They’ll hopefully be joined in space by NASA’s future Habitable Worlds Observatory, which might be our best bet of all for directly imaging Earth-sized planets.
—Big Think, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imaging
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Acme dealt with this by displaying alternate forecast lines for both rain and snow, coded in different colors—a visualization that doubled as an admission that the forecast that day was a bit of a mess.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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In the novel, which comes complete with a handy visualization of the spacecraft, The Hail Mary looks almost like an oversized version of a cartoon rocket ship, with only three rooms and a storage area all stacked on top of each other.—
Matthew Razak,
Space.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Little touches include a selection of books focused on native flora and fauna and art depicting local landscapes.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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Now some Republicans are depicting the No Kings movement as a band of radicals, out of step with mainstream political opinion.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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Brown said, describing a potential tipping point if another paycheck is missed.—
Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Studies tell us that hair is among the top three features (along with height and weight) used when describing others, and one of the features most often recalled after a social interaction.—
Valerie Monroe,
Allure,
25 Mar. 2026
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In a symbolic gesture reflecting its name, the final beam to be hoisted into the under-construction Legacy Middle School building in Elgin was signed Wednesday by some of the students who will be going there next year.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Notably, these brands have prioritized the Thonburi riverside over traditional central Bangkok locations, with IconSiam functioning as a global business and lifestyle hub and reflecting Siam Piwat’s success in repositioning Thonburi to stand alongside established prime districts.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Slaves began imagining the possibility of freedom.—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
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Hard sci-fi, meanwhile, leans into the fact that life evolving on other planets, under different conditions, and across different stretches of time will almost certainly take on forms so different from ours that comprehending them would be like imagining a new color.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
24 Mar. 2026
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My colleagues in European public broadcasting, in other countries — whether smaller countries that can’t afford to support their national production at the same level as ours, or countries as big as ours but facing the same budget constraints — are already diving into American fiction.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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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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But his lawyers argued there was more at stake than contract law, portraying the Kennedy Center's suit as an effort to intimidate artists.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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His Tony Award nomination came for portraying George Washington in Hamilton, the role that brought him widespread recognition.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2026
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This demo showed off a graphics-rendering task (an aquarium full of fish, whose frame rates and swimming action were directly affected by the availability of system resources).—
John Burek,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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The game was about rendering a person with a limited palette of supplies.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Imaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imaging. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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