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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
David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.
—William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
Macabre possibilities haunted us at night, Piranesian visions of dungeons and interrogation chambers.
—Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Tech executives have offered foreboding visions of the future of work due to AI, with ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott predicting unemployment will exceed 30% in a matter of years.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
Changing times, changing visions By the time Cernan left his last footprints on the moon, things were already changing.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
Those disparate visions were on full display during a Tuesday oversight hearing in which agency leaders, company executives and advisory board members answered lawmakers’ questions about how California managed to spend $450 million on a regional 911 system, only to scrap the design.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 18 Mar. 2026
While candidates’ 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, 18 Mar. 2026
Four candidates hoping to take Cheney’s place each promised different visions for the city to an audience of more than 200 at a forum at Frisco Lakes, a retirement community.
—Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
Deep down, the different approaches flow from contrasting visions of human nature.
—David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.
—William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
Macabre possibilities haunted us at night, Piranesian visions of dungeons and interrogation chambers.
—Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Tech executives have offered foreboding visions of the future of work due to AI, with ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott predicting unemployment will exceed 30% in a matter of years.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
Changing times, changing visions By the time Cernan left his last footprints on the moon, things were already changing.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
Those disparate visions were on full display during a Tuesday oversight hearing in which agency leaders, company executives and advisory board members answered lawmakers’ questions about how California managed to spend $450 million on a regional 911 system, only to scrap the design.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 18 Mar. 2026
While candidates’ 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, 18 Mar. 2026
Four candidates hoping to take Cheney’s place each promised different visions for the city to an audience of more than 200 at a forum at Frisco Lakes, a retirement community.
—Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visions
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Harriette Cole is a lifestylist and founder of DREAMLEAPERS, an initiative to help people access and activate their dreams.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Finally, Irene dreams of dancing on a Parisian stage, but her father’s ailing health puts her hopes in jeopardy.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
22 Mar. 2026
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On top of these apparitions, a human foe, whose motives for committing a crime seem rather nebulous, also exists.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 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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Made on a shoestring budget and expanded from a student film, director John Carpenter‘s feature debut imagines space travel as something closer to a dead-end job.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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At least, that’s how Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang imagines work could be one day at Nvidia.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Less dangerous but more common are fantasies and hallucinations, which Laye believes result from general fatigue.—
Brad Stulberg,
Outside,
26 Mar. 2026
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Mamdani’s housing agenda, so far, is built on a foundation of headlines, slogans and fiscal fantasies.—
Ann Korchak,
New York Daily News,
23 Mar. 2026
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And the Bruins accomplished this without Tyler Bilodeau, who looked good enough to raise Cronin’s spirits during Thursday’s practice but woke up with stiffness in his right knee on Friday.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
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The global spirits market may have slowed down, but the popularity of tequila has skyrocketed over the past few years.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
21 Mar. 2026
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The team envisions the wristband becoming a primary tool for virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR).—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
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Derwinski envisions the new park being used for multiple events including such things as Fourth of July fireworks displays.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Even the most die-hard anti-American cleric in the Iranian political system did not harbor illusions that Iran could defeat the United States in conventional ways.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 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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But the ghosts of flameouts past are gathering, and the region is loaded with potholes.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Not all of our heroes are ghosts.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Visions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visions. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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