as in thought
something imagined or pictured in the mind
there was a disturbing detail that he kept seeing in his mind's eye of the accident scene
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Recent Examples of mind's eye
A lot of the hobby's allure involves getting to see things with the mind's eye, Beltz said.
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Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 16 May 2025
This is the kind of seeing that's done with the mind's eye.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2025
Their mind's eye is blank.
—Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
Many fans remember the final Packers game at County Stadium, captured in their mind's eye by Brett Favre's diving touchdown in the final 10 seconds to lift the Packers past Atlanta.
—Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022
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Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 16 May 2025
This is the kind of seeing that's done with the mind's eye.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2025
Their mind's eye is blank.
—Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
Many fans remember the final Packers game at County Stadium, captured in their mind's eye by Brett Favre's diving touchdown in the final 10 seconds to lift the Packers past Atlanta.
—Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022
See All Example Sentences for mind's eye
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mind's eye
Noun
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United will still need to raise funds through sales and Manuel Ugarte is prominent in thoughts.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The films below offer up thought-provoking answers, but not all of them are bullish on humanity’s chances.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
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By evening, disruptive Uranus enters your 9th House of Higher Learning and Beliefs, opening your mind to new perspectives, ideas, and possibilities.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Sneaky Jon Cooper The Bolts showed their normal forward lines in pregame warmups, but then had other ideas once the puck dropped Friday night.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Five filmmakers were each awarded a $10,000 production grant to produce a short film based on an original concept that explores the Italian American experience.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
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The yoga platform looking out over the Himalayan range through lofty pines gives a fresh resonance to the concept of a mountain pose asana and to bhramari, honey-bee breathing exercises taken with the actual insect community humming vibrantly around the ears.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Lucia Kendall Has made quite the impression since making her debut in October, from scoring her first goal in the 2-0 against Ghana in December to holding her own in the No 10 position against Spain’s midfield in midweek.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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May Mailman, who last year coördinated the White House’s higher-education policy as a deputy for Stephen Miller, told me that McMahon made a different impression from other, more fervent Administration figures.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Thriller’s conception is rendered as excitingly—if hokily—as anyone could ask for.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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When Vacheron Constantin launched the Overseas collection three decades ago, the models embodied the more than 270-year-old maison’s conception of an elegant traveling chronograph — rooted in the spirit of exploration and openness to the world.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Perhaps the notion appealed to nineteenth-century tastes for cuckoo clocks and ideas about mechanistic, orderly nature.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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That Niall finds Ruben so alluring is natural to Gadd, who believes the notion of a valiant male figure has been bred into everyone via fables and fairy tales.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Mind's eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mind%27s%20eye. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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