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as in depicting
to present a picture of
the famous painting that pictures the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence
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as in imagining
to form a mental picture of
could easily picture the mining town from the vivid description of it in the author's memoirs
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as in describing
to give a representation or account of in words
pictured the sailing ship in vivid language
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as in drawing
to make a representation of by producing lines on a surface
the next assignment is to picture your own face using colored pencils
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Recent Examples of picturing
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.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
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
Crossing the finish line in 10th and 11th is not how either Tim Van de Velde or Carlos San Martín would have been picturing the men’s 3,000m steeplechase qualifier on Saturday.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Likewise, picturing yourself someday needing help with eating, dressing, or walking is very different from already relying on that help every day.
—Maya Cakmak, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2025
Instead of picturing black holes only as cosmic traps that consume matter, the CCBH model describes them as tiny droplets of dark energy.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2025
Hinton isn’t picturing minor upgrades.
—Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Laura Schaeffer in her home and picturing hiking on the skyline trail.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
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
Crossing the finish line in 10th and 11th is not how either Tim Van de Velde or Carlos San Martín would have been picturing the men’s 3,000m steeplechase qualifier on Saturday.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Likewise, picturing yourself someday needing help with eating, dressing, or walking is very different from already relying on that help every day.
—Maya Cakmak, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2025
Instead of picturing black holes only as cosmic traps that consume matter, the CCBH model describes them as tiny droplets of dark energy.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2025
Hinton isn’t picturing minor upgrades.
—Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Laura Schaeffer in her home and picturing hiking on the skyline trail.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for picturing
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There is no alternative to it, not in the world Pasolini is depicting.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Tours range from two to four hours, with highlights including the New York Streets backlot, which has façades depicting a multitude of NYC neighborhoods, and the Prop Warehouse, which showcases recognizable props such as the bench from Forrest Gump and a Star Trek portal.—
Sophie-Claire Hoeller,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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Green’s photographs capture not just the heaviness of choice, but the joy of imagining different lives.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
23 Oct. 2025
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And imagining a world without our complexities and maladies was spirit expanding.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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Unicredit beats watch now Italian bank Unicredit also posted quarterly earnings above expectations on Wednesday, describing the three months to the end of September as a record quarter.—
Chloe Taylor,Tasmin Lockwood,Katrina Bishop,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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After walking through the results of the study and describing the peril that cancer poses, Mokdad suggested to the officials that Lebanon could improve its health screening, ban smoking in public spaces and launch a set of aggressive anti-tobacco ads.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
22 Oct. 2025
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SpaceX and Blue Origin are drawing celebrities like Katy Perry, Tom Hanks, and Kim Kardashian into a new era of luxury space tourism.—
Rosanna Philpott,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Brighton & Hove Albion head to Manchester off the back of beating Newcastle United and Chelsea and drawing with Wolves in their last three games.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Actor Wilson Cruz cited Rebel Without a Cause as a massive influence on his life and career as a gay man portraying a gay character.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Star Kenzi Richardson spoke with Parents about her adventures portraying a teen vampire and making her dreams come true on Disney Channel.—
Allison McClain Merrill,
Parents,
27 Oct. 2025
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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
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While sort of sketching ideas for that, the other ones started coming to me, of having Vicky Krieps and Cate Blanchett together as sisters also being quite different.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
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In the wake of Balmain’s death, his right-hand man and a studio veteran of over three decades picked up the mantle by finishing the fall 1982 collection the late founder had begun sketching.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
19 Sep. 2025
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In his eight wins, all eight have come inside the distance, with only two fights seeing a second round.—
Brett Appley,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Looking forward to seeing Becks on our plane ride home.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Picturing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picturing. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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