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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Recent Examples of ideate
Mariah ideated the video herself, and her team brought in Cass Meyers to direct (Meyers made a cameo in SZA’s 2023 Rolling Stone cover story as her friend and photographer).
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Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2025
Many curvy customers lean on Fashion Nova for denim due to the mainstream market’s refusal to ideate and create affordable denim.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
To be sure, ideating internally is valuable; but outside perspectives are even more so to meet these systemic energy challenges.
—Steve Smith, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
While lip is Being Frenshe’s latest iteration of wellness, Jain said Tisdale and the Maesa team are always ideating what could be next.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2025
Many curvy customers lean on Fashion Nova for denim due to the mainstream market’s refusal to ideate and create affordable denim.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
To be sure, ideating internally is valuable; but outside perspectives are even more so to meet these systemic energy challenges.
—Steve Smith, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
While lip is Being Frenshe’s latest iteration of wellness, Jain said Tisdale and the Maesa team are always ideating what could be next.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideate
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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 project, Muniz explained, was initially envisioned as a two-hour reunion film before those behind the series realized there was too much ground to cover.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Roughly 30 wolves now roam mountainous regions of the state, and the management plan envisions a long-term population that could exceed 200 animals.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Joel’s son and the next generation Joel’s investigation brings on another huge discovery, that Aiden is his biological son, conceived during a brief reunion with his ex-wife Bella.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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The service was conceived in 2021 at the height of the global streaming wars, but growth in the market has slowed in recent years, and the likes of Netflix and YouTube have cemented their status as the dominant players.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
22 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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No existing method could visualize the entire circulatory network across a whole organ, from large arteries to the smallest arterioles.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
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To visualize this, imagine a developing animal as a ball of clay.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Ideate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideate. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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