as in imagining
to form a mental picture of
visualized herself executing a perfect dive
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Recent Examples of visualizing
Panarin was visualizing situations that might arise in games and experimenting with different ways to manipulate the puck.
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Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
With new technologies that go beyond simply visualizing the brain to analyze how different brain regions are connected, neuroscientists can now examine specific brain regions involved in decision-making and how brain damage may predispose a person to criminal conduct.
—Christopher M. Filley, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2026
One way of visualizing this model is to imagine an expansive puddle with two opposing currents.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026
Consciously choosing the design of this polish, applying it calmly, and visualizing your wishes for the new year transforms the manicure into an act of self-care and manifestation.
—Andrea Carbajal, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2026
The process of visualizing stories can be described as a form of curation, where the artist cares to encode literal text with figurative language.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
The Extreme Ultraviolet Imager — led by the Royal Observatory of Belgium — plays a key role in visualizing the solar atmosphere at high resolution and capturing phenomena like the prominence seen in this latest release.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 26 Nov. 2025
To help with visualizing a standard pour of wine, five ounces is a little more than a 1/2 cup of liquid.
—Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2025
By freezing and visualizing what happens in the developer, the team turned a long-unsolved, guesswork-heavy process into one that can be seen, understood, and controlled.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
With new technologies that go beyond simply visualizing the brain to analyze how different brain regions are connected, neuroscientists can now examine specific brain regions involved in decision-making and how brain damage may predispose a person to criminal conduct.
—Christopher M. Filley, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2026
One way of visualizing this model is to imagine an expansive puddle with two opposing currents.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026
Consciously choosing the design of this polish, applying it calmly, and visualizing your wishes for the new year transforms the manicure into an act of self-care and manifestation.
—Andrea Carbajal, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2026
The process of visualizing stories can be described as a form of curation, where the artist cares to encode literal text with figurative language.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
The Extreme Ultraviolet Imager — led by the Royal Observatory of Belgium — plays a key role in visualizing the solar atmosphere at high resolution and capturing phenomena like the prominence seen in this latest release.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 26 Nov. 2025
To help with visualizing a standard pour of wine, five ounces is a little more than a 1/2 cup of liquid.
—Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2025
By freezing and visualizing what happens in the developer, the team turned a long-unsolved, guesswork-heavy process into one that can be seen, understood, and controlled.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visualizing
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Too many people are looking for everything in one person and not imagining a world of negotiating different things or learning from a partnership.—
Ian Kerner 18 hr ago,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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Lately, he’s been taken with his school’s unit on Greek mythology, imagining his own father as mighty Poseidon taking to the skies with trusty Pegasus.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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But the Republican president’s ambitions have expanded to envisioning the board as a mediator of worldwide conflicts, a not very subtle attempt to eclipse the Security Council, which is charged with ensuring international peace and security.—
Edith M. Lederer,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Atwood is grateful for her certification and is now envisioning brighter and better days.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Peskoe and others are watching court challenges to the DOE emergency orders closely, seeing if courts weigh in on this use of emergency powers to decide what kinds of energy should remain on the grid longer.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Instead, even with its Gemini app now seeing more than 750 million monthly active users (MAUs), 100 million more than last quarter, and Gemini, the company's large language model, processing over 10 billion tokens per minute, Search usage broke a quarterly record.—
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CNBC,
5 Feb. 2026
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Instead of picturing that exercise as long and gruesome, try breaking it up.—
Avery Newmark,
AJC.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Since the opening, staff have seen cans fly off shelves, faucets left on and guests have taken photos picturing a vague outline of a woman.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
19 Jan. 2026
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Naturally, news of such unrest has Chiefs fans dreaming big.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
5 Feb. 2026
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REM sleep is when dreaming occurs.—
Kaan Ozcan,
NBC news,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Visualizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visualizing. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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