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as in dreams
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality
a vision of the future that no other film director had ever created
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as in apparitions
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
believed he'd seen a vision of his mother
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as in imagines
to form a mental picture of
visioned her idea of the perfect meal
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Recent Examples of visions
Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
While their visions for how to best resist ICE differ, the leading candidates have said the agency can’t continue in its current form.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
There’s a strong focus on creative visions, notable debuts, decisive minimalism, relaxed tailoring, and, importantly, real-life wearability.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 2 Mar. 2026
Right now, the Angels have an inferior product in an aging stadium, and visions of a new or refurbished ballpark and surrounding development stalled after talks between the club and the city crashed on the rocks a couple of seasons ago.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 2 Mar. 2026
In the original sci-fi novel, Victor Frankenstein is beseeched by his creation to create a companion, but after being plagued by visions of what this second attempt may bring (namely the breeding of additional monsters), the scientist destroys the companion before it is brought to life.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2026
As several members of the Econometer panel noted, the professional planners create plans to carry out the visions of the community.
—Michael Stepner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
The annual event in Indianapolis also allows general managers to speak with one another in person, engage in informal chats with agents and meet with the media to discuss their visions.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
During one of her stays in jail, Lee was beset by visions that led her to believe herself to be God’s representative on Earth — an epiphany that did not improve her tenuous standing with the Church of England.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
That was when the foundation’s internal troubles began, with competing visions for the future of the Everglades.
—Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
While their visions for how to best resist ICE differ, the leading candidates have said the agency can’t continue in its current form.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
There’s a strong focus on creative visions, notable debuts, decisive minimalism, relaxed tailoring, and, importantly, real-life wearability.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 2 Mar. 2026
Right now, the Angels have an inferior product in an aging stadium, and visions of a new or refurbished ballpark and surrounding development stalled after talks between the club and the city crashed on the rocks a couple of seasons ago.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 2 Mar. 2026
In the original sci-fi novel, Victor Frankenstein is beseeched by his creation to create a companion, but after being plagued by visions of what this second attempt may bring (namely the breeding of additional monsters), the scientist destroys the companion before it is brought to life.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2026
As several members of the Econometer panel noted, the professional planners create plans to carry out the visions of the community.
—Michael Stepner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
The annual event in Indianapolis also allows general managers to speak with one another in person, engage in informal chats with agents and meet with the media to discuss their visions.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
During one of her stays in jail, Lee was beset by visions that led her to believe herself to be God’s representative on Earth — an epiphany that did not improve her tenuous standing with the Church of England.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visions
Noun
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Along with a series of restaurants and a playground for children, there's even a replica field for fans to live their own big league dreams.—
Zach Boetto,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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In decades past, China’s ascendent middle class flocked to booming megacities to chase jobs and dreams, once abundant as the country went from rags to riches.—
Albee Zhang,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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As the 14-year-old child of a poor family in 1858, Saint Bernadette experienced numerous apparitions of a young woman in a cave or grotto, seemingly the Virgin Mary, asking for a chapel to be built on the site.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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The small museum, which opened last year, covers the creatures, apparitions and mysteries eluding prosaic explanation.—
Adam Kuehl,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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The Conversation imagines the war in Iran unfolding in a world powered mostly by wind, solar and batteries rather than oil and gas.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Reiter imagines the ultralight, streamlined Orca transporter serving roles as diverse as individual customers.—
C.C. Weiss
March 05,
New Atlas,
5 Mar. 2026
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His synth work conjures the romantic fantasies of high-rises and all-white lounges that French musicians Jean-Luc Ponty and Wally Badarou once evoked in their ’80s albums.—
Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
2 Mar. 2026
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Or perhaps you will be filled with private thoughts, fantasies and crushes about someone.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Some small changes might lift your spirits.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2026
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Assuming that businesses passed the entire fee to consumers, as expected, costs would rise about 3 cents for six 12-ounce beer cans, 5 cents for a standard-sized wine bottle and 26 cents for a fifth of spirits.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Tucked behind a Greyhound bus station, the new safe camping site is what the city envisions as an entry-level option for a person needing shelter.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Floor plans for the apartment show a large bedroom at the back of the space, which the show envisions as an office where Kennedy works at a desk that might have been a family heirloom.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
27 Feb. 2026
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Only hours into the conflict, an errant strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in southern Iran served as a gut-wrenching reminder of the cost of such illusions, and a testament to the grim truth that those who pay most dearly for the fog of war are almost always the innocent.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2026
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Miuccia Prada, herself a billionaire, has no illusions that the runway is a space for political grandstanding.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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The Paramount+ series, which follows a group of ghosts stuck in purgatory inside their high school, uses its premise — characters tethered to different decades — as both a narrative engine and a musical one.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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This may explain something about ghosts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Visions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visions. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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