as in to imagine
to form a mental picture of
challenged the voters to envision a nation in which no child was ever allowed to go hungry
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Dean envisions his company's relationship with NOAA to NASA's with SpaceX, which the space agency pays to do research and development.
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Andrew Freedman, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
The development also was complicated by improvements needed in the area’s sewer and storm water drainage systems to handle the scope of development envisioned for Bushnell South.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 20 Mar. 2025
The major hurdle is the size of the jail population — currently about 6,800 compared with the 3,300 ceiling originally envisioned in the Close Rikers plan and later expanded by the Adams administration to 4,500.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
This effort, led by the Orlando Economic Partnership, is grounded in the belief that great communities don’t just happen — they are envisioned, shaped, and built by people with the courage to think long-term and act with purpose.
—Tim Giuliani, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
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Andrew Freedman, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
The development also was complicated by improvements needed in the area’s sewer and storm water drainage systems to handle the scope of development envisioned for Bushnell South.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 20 Mar. 2025
The major hurdle is the size of the jail population — currently about 6,800 compared with the 3,300 ceiling originally envisioned in the Close Rikers plan and later expanded by the Adams administration to 4,500.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
This effort, led by the Orlando Economic Partnership, is grounded in the belief that great communities don’t just happen — they are envisioned, shaped, and built by people with the courage to think long-term and act with purpose.
—Tim Giuliani, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Envision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envision. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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