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something imagined or pictured in the mind
had a vague impression that the guide would be female
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Recent Examples of impressions
First impressions might make a traveler feel like the beaches could be private, but Cape San Blas is fully open for public play.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
At 9300 Touchstone Court, first impressions say it all.
—David Caraccio
may 16, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2026
These rankings are just one writer’s opinion based on initial impressions.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 May 2026
And if everybody is outsourcing their first impressions to the crowd, why not just manufacture the crowd?
—Lane Brown, Vulture, 15 May 2026
Then again, social media impressions from early viewers often skew positive more generally.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Firstman is best known for onscreen work, first for his viral Instagram impressions and then supporting turns in films like Sebastián Silva’s Rotting in the Sun and series like I Love LA.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
Executives at Nielsen don’t see TV ratings going away, however, because impressions remain an apples-to-apples way of comparing one TV or streaming program to another.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 May 2026
What buyers notice in the first 30 seconds First impressions create emotional momentum, and emotional momentum drives value.
—Zakkiyyah Terrell White, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
At 9300 Touchstone Court, first impressions say it all.
—David Caraccio
may 16, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2026
These rankings are just one writer’s opinion based on initial impressions.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 May 2026
And if everybody is outsourcing their first impressions to the crowd, why not just manufacture the crowd?
—Lane Brown, Vulture, 15 May 2026
Then again, social media impressions from early viewers often skew positive more generally.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Firstman is best known for onscreen work, first for his viral Instagram impressions and then supporting turns in films like Sebastián Silva’s Rotting in the Sun and series like I Love LA.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
Executives at Nielsen don’t see TV ratings going away, however, because impressions remain an apples-to-apples way of comparing one TV or streaming program to another.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 May 2026
What buyers notice in the first 30 seconds First impressions create emotional momentum, and emotional momentum drives value.
—Zakkiyyah Terrell White, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impressions
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The likes of Paramount have launched book imprints for original productions and development projects to better manage the process, but broadly screen-to-books can be considered an underdeveloped space.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
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And in preparation for a time when such imprints could become even more easily logged in gravitational wave data, this team developed a method that predicts just what shape a gravitational wave should take when moving through dark matter, rather than empty space.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
15 May 2026
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Their alpha leader is Jim (voiced by Alex Ramirès), a ginger-bearded Adonis with pecs like rocks and a brain that’s considerably softer, not that his legions of Instagram followers and OnlyFans subscribers are after his thoughts.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
23 May 2026
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About 81% of transgender adults nationwide have suicidal thoughts, according to the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2026
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Leave no pixel unturned, take no character for granted, and cast aside your notions of main quests versus side quests.—
Alex James Kane,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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This extends not only to their immediate objectives — finding safety, love and liberation — but to the more conceptual notions of their long-standing existence in Hindu societies, where they’re shouldered with a spiritual importance than can swiftly be stripped away.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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The neutral texture plays well with bold colors, prints, fun accessories, and layered swimwear.—
Vanessa L. Powell,
Travel + Leisure,
23 May 2026
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Artists will be showing and selling their original work or quality prints.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2026
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Long before modern multiculturalism, the American founding itself drew heavily upon biblical ideas and categories rooted in the Torah.—
Ari Berman,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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This brief genius window can make strategy clearer, reveal missing pieces, and turn vague ideas into usable next steps.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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On this night, as Rashad posed for pictures in Bushwick, SZA was a few miles away in Manhattan, walking the red carpet at the Met Gala.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Once in the asteroid's orbit, NASA's spacecraft is slated to take pictures of the asteroid's surface and shed light on its composition, over the course of about two years.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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This includes physical assets - like plants, equipment, and products - to concepts like customer orders or financial transactions.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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In recent years, BMW has shown a willingness to put its Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este concepts, like the Skytop roadster and Speedtop shooting brake, into production, but there appear to be no plans to do the same with the Vision BMW Alpina as of now.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
15 May 2026
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The conservatism that would eventually hobble the daytime soap had its roots in this era, when soap viewers with especially fragile sensibilities had specific conceptions of what topics a soap should cover and made no bones about airing their protests.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Some say the country is a secular republic founded on 18th-century conceptions of human reason and natural law.—
Thomas Tweed,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Impressions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impressions. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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