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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 black holes only as cosmic traps that consume matter, the CCBH model describes them as tiny droplets of dark energy.
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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
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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For last weekend’s season-opening slate of games, several Texas college football teams sported ribbons of their own, in the form of a special decal on players’ helmets depicting an outline of the state of Texas with a green bow at its center.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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The portrait museum has a dizzying array of galleries depicting everything from Old Hollywood to 17th-century Indigenous Americans.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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American’s work builds on this legacy, but instead of imagining outer space, the artist zooms in on the very conditions that made Butler’s voice possible, which were the everyday sacrifices of her mother and grandmother.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
2 Sep. 2025
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Unlike imagining a hand movement (which has clear neural pathways), programming involves abstract, symbolic reasoning.—
Somdip Dey,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Operational Command of the Armed Forces released a statement on Wednesday morning, describing the deployment as preventive and focused on protecting Polish airspace and citizens.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Though the terms may often be used in similar contexts and share some overlap — Hispanic and Latino possess distinct meanings and represent different ways of describing people.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Almanza threw a 47-yard pass to Mahamadou Siby, which saw the senior haul in a catch despite the front of his jersey being grabbed and drawing a flag.—
Cody Thorn,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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As United’s right wing-back plays the ball inside to Fernandes, Mazraoui drops, drawing Josh Laurent upfield and further vacating the space for Amad to attack.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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In the film — her first since portraying opera diva Maria Callas in last year’s Maria — the Oscar winner, 50, stars as Maxine, an American film director hired to make a video for a Paris fashion event amid being diagnosed with breast cancer and navigating a divorce.—
Eric Andersson,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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The museum's mission is to tell America's story by portraying people who shaped its history and culture.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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Here in his little 80-page grin-inducing edition published by Titan Books featuring those intimidating Klingons during their downtime, Spiotto lets his imagination run rampant in envisioning just what existence is like after the antagonism and combat plans are put away.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The law offers sweeping powers to the president, envisioning armed conflict within the United States.—
Konstantin Toropin,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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Martinez told Newsweek that her aunt had briefly returned to sketching a few years ago at the age of 100, but had stopped again.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Typically, the White House sends Congress a supplemental spending request sketching out its funding asks; that hasn’t happened yet.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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His reaction to seeing his name on topping a list of creators who influence a billion dollar industry?—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
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Corr appeared to have knowledge of the victims daily routines and would make comments about ‘seeing them soon’.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Picturing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picturing. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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