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as in imagined
to form a mental picture of
I'm trying to envisage you on a surfboard
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Recent Examples of envisaged
Sofia Celeste, WWD, 3 Oct. 2024
Cold War worriers envisaged manly, stiff-jawed computers ordering the launch of nuclear missiles or refusing to open the pod-bay doors.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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More of a passion project than a mode of transportation, its boats were envisaged in 1999 by renowned Swedish restaurateur and hospitality entrepreneur Björn Janson.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 3 Oct. 2024
Cold War worriers envisaged manly, stiff-jawed computers ordering the launch of nuclear missiles or refusing to open the pod-bay doors.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for envisaged
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This new medical paradigm impacted not only how external threats were imagined—the hordes of viruses, spores and prions who now appeared to be always threatening to break through our defences—but also how the internal world of the body was envisioned.Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
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And the president’s job is far more complex than the 18th-century framers of the Constitution could have imagined.Jennifer Selin, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
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The Rams envisioned Williams starting opposite Tre’Davious White, a former All-Pro for the Buffalo Bills who was coming off Achilles surgery.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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That formal change in Russia’s nuclear doctrine — which had previously envisioned a nuclear response only in the event of an existential threat to Russia — grabbed headlines and stirred a fresh round of debate in Western capitals.Simon Shuster, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
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The plaintiffs are the Idaho Academy of Family Physicians, two physicians and the four women testifying this week, who learned while pregnant that their fetuses were unlikely to survive.Aria Bendix, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Gunmen from the Manfredi and Bevilaqua outfits, led by weed store employee and unlikely sharpshooter Grace, take out the rest of the Triads.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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But most are satisfied with the sounds of scraping, sawing, sanding, drilling and hammering.Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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As previously mentioned, there’s a scene in which a Weeknd gets sawed in half.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Envisaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envisaged. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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