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as in envisioning
to form a mental picture of
she was determined to have the wedding that she had always imagined
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as in thinking
to have as an opinion
I imagine that's true, but you still have to prove it
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as in guessing
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
I imagine things will change rapidly once we begin
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as in theory
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Recent Examples of imagining
Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
James Gunn’s re-imagining of the Superman story is the first live-action movie to set Metropolis in Delaware.
—Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
Charlie Brooker has built a TV writing career imagining ways in which technology will disrupt human life, and now the Black Mirror creator has voiced anxiety about how AI will change writing processes.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025
Okla Jones, Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
And imagining a world without our complexities and maladies was spirit expanding.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
There’s been so many examples through the years of filmmakers planting all these seeds or proposing these big universes and imagining these big slates that never end up going anywhere.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
The design process included imagining the indoors and outdoors coming together, Bookhout said.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Show cars allow designers to push those boundaries, imagining what a further off tomorrow would look like, often with exaggerated proportions and materials that would likely never make their way into a mass production model.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Webb suggests imagining alternative intelligences — like mosses — that prioritize coexistence and ecological resilience over dominance, offering a radically different model for future AI.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
So why waste all that precious time and energy imagining worst-case scenarios?
—Angela Haupt, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Human taxonomists are still better at imagining how a rare feature arose evolutionarily, or exploring the slight differences that can mark an entirely new species.
—Marion Renault, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
The man stands just beyond a vivid swirl of similarly unclothed American Indians with discolored bodies, a jarring imagining of the senseless violence and disease that ravaged the Ohlone people, who first settled in the coastal Northern California land that now comprises much of the Bay Area.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
James Gunn’s re-imagining of the Superman story is the first live-action movie to set Metropolis in Delaware.
—Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
Charlie Brooker has built a TV writing career imagining ways in which technology will disrupt human life, and now the Black Mirror creator has voiced anxiety about how AI will change writing processes.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
Green’s photographs capture not just the heaviness of choice, but the joy of imagining different lives.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
And imagining a world without our complexities and maladies was spirit expanding.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
There’s been so many examples through the years of filmmakers planting all these seeds or proposing these big universes and imagining these big slates that never end up going anywhere.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
The design process included imagining the indoors and outdoors coming together, Bookhout said.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Show cars allow designers to push those boundaries, imagining what a further off tomorrow would look like, often with exaggerated proportions and materials that would likely never make their way into a mass production model.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Webb suggests imagining alternative intelligences — like mosses — that prioritize coexistence and ecological resilience over dominance, offering a radically different model for future AI.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
So why waste all that precious time and energy imagining worst-case scenarios?
—Angela Haupt, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Human taxonomists are still better at imagining how a rare feature arose evolutionarily, or exploring the slight differences that can mark an entirely new species.
—Marion Renault, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imagining
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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.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Still others were envisioning future scenarios where a president illegally seizes power in a coup.—
Ryan Kennedy,
The Conversation,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Instead of disclosing her condition to her employer and circles of friends, Sickler pulled back from modeling with little explanation, thinking that the absence of her hair would certainly result in the loss of her contract.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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This includes thinking vertically and adding hooks to dangle gear on wall space or finding ways to pop in clever items, like storage benches, that double as organizational features and help eliminate dust buildup.—
Michelle Mastro,
Architectural Digest,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Gilligan wants to keep viewers guessing, and this trailer definitely hits that mark.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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Kat Stickler likes to keep her millions of followers guessing.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The connection between the two cases lies in his approach and the use of controversial theories involving rituals and hidden motivations, which drew significant criticism of his conduct as a prosecutor.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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Another theory is that very heavy rainfall after serious drought violently sloshed the waters of Lake Nyos.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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The rest of us, however, will have to learn to navigate a world in which seeing is rarely believing.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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Many journalists, authors, and investigators have voiced doubts about these convictions, believing that the real Monster of Florence was never caught.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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According to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, the tariffs would cover roughly two-thirds of the primary deficit impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act over five years—or four-fifths over a decade, assuming temporary provisions expire on schedule.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Since assuming office in late 2023, Milei has wielded a chainsaw approach to government reform in Argentina.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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How does a proactive vision and assumption of positive intent and regard change your behavior and possibly influence other people’s behaviors around you?—
Colin Bedell,
Them.,
28 Oct. 2025
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Whatever the assumptions, the discourse has certainly elevated the profile of the modest series, which is the last project produced by Norman Lear before his death.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Imagining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imagining. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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