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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Recent Examples of envision
Lockheed Martin envisions going back to that model.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Mackie Samoskevich already envisioned playing a larger role going into his second full season with the Florida Panthers.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The initiative was envisioned in partnership with American Grammy-award winning artist and producer Swizz Beatz, born Kasseem Dean.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
These sections root the story’s cosmic dread in America’s historical rot, and the Muschiettis, Fuchs, and Kane envision a three-season project around this material, each set in a different era.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Mackie Samoskevich already envisioned playing a larger role going into his second full season with the Florida Panthers.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The initiative was envisioned in partnership with American Grammy-award winning artist and producer Swizz Beatz, born Kasseem Dean.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
These sections root the story’s cosmic dread in America’s historical rot, and the Muschiettis, Fuchs, and Kane envision a three-season project around this material, each set in a different era.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for envision
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Dozens of clips with hundreds of thousands of views imagine figures like Mamdani as the gatekeeper of a future Shambhala.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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This assault threatens our ability to think critically, remember our past honestly, and imagine a future that is not dictated by the state.—
Andrew Weinstein,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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The suppression of Black voters well into the twentieth century was only ended (for the most part) with the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA), after a long and dangerous fight that saw multiple incidents of deadly violence against those advocating for equal access to the ballot.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
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But the biggest surprise was seeing how ineffective Liverpool’s forwards were.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Envision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envision. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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