as in to imagine
to form a mental picture of
the psychotic would repeatedly ideate the act of committing murder, and eventually he came to believe his own delusions
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The book is already topping pre-sale charts and will be available on January 14, 2025.
Hosted and ideated by UnitedMasters, Ally Bank, and Earn Your Leisure, the Earn Your Masters finale, held at Freehold, also served as a celebration of Black innovation, entrepreneurship, and women’s sports.
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Stephanie Tharpe, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
In 2020, the makeup brand Morphe launched a collab with LFI using what appeared to be the original product designs ideated by Glamour Dolls, who filed a lawsuit in federal court for breach of contract, defamation, and fraud.
—Rachel Brodsky, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
As a leader, stay focused on the leadership level functions, like independent interpretation, ideating pivots and communicating with stakeholders.
—Jody L. Bickel, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Alongside this explosion in growth has emerged a gargantuan demand for the right talent and workforce to ideate and develop these products.
—Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.d., J.d., Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Stephanie Tharpe, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
In 2020, the makeup brand Morphe launched a collab with LFI using what appeared to be the original product designs ideated by Glamour Dolls, who filed a lawsuit in federal court for breach of contract, defamation, and fraud.
—Rachel Brodsky, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
As a leader, stay focused on the leadership level functions, like independent interpretation, ideating pivots and communicating with stakeholders.
—Jody L. Bickel, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Alongside this explosion in growth has emerged a gargantuan demand for the right talent and workforce to ideate and develop these products.
—Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.d., J.d., Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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The lesson was that, for integration to work in the way the Court had imagined with Brown, the whole system needed to be desegregated.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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Can anyone imagine anything good coming out Wednesday that will make tech look better?—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2025
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Chollet, like Altman and other tech barons, envisions AI models that can solve any problem imaginable: disease, climate change, poverty, interstellar travel.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2025
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Robinson envisions the Indians having another successful season.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Showcased at the installation were the new furniture pieces conceived by the design duo for Loro Piana Interiors that included the Quarona poufs and coffee tables, made with curved wooden bands and padded seats in Ladakh cashmere and wool and alpaca.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Children, conceived through mass inseminations every December 24th, are collectively raised in a Center, and are known as Kodomo-chan.—
Elif Batuman,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Comments James Cameron has unveiled the first official footage from Avatar: Fire and Ash, though the general public may have to wait a little longer to see it.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Columbia University was the first college to see its funding slashed – by $400 million – as part of the president’s threats to cut federal money to colleges accused of tolerating antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war that began in October 2023.—
Samantha Waldenberg, Carma Hassan and Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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This training helped refine his ability to visualize precise actions.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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The Analyst agent can process raw data from multiple spreadsheets to forecast future revenues and expenditures, predict demand for new product and visualize customer purchasing behaviors.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Ideate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideate. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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