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as in dream
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality
a vision of the future that no other film director had ever created
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as in eyesight
the ability to see
the bright light temporarily robbed me of vision
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as in apparition
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
believed he'd seen a vision of his mother
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as in providence
concern or preparation for the future
a company president with the long-range vision that his firm needs to survive in the global economy
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as in to imagine
to form a mental picture of
visioned her idea of the perfect meal
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Recent Examples of vision
Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
SpaceX is developing Starship as part of Musk's vision to make human life multiplanetary by sending people to Mars, and is also central to NASA's Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon for long-duration missions.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Aug. 2025
John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2019
Landscape architect Christine Wilson of Copley Wolff Design Group created a conceptual design for the pocket park using community input, including through a site visit and a visioning workshop with nearby residents in the fall of 2018.
—John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019
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Noun
In lieu of Kurosawa’s realistic vision of law enforcement, Lee offers a hallucination in realistic guise: David, seconded by Paul, descends to the kidnapper’s subterranean lair, near the friends’ childhood home.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
SpaceX is developing Starship as part of Musk's vision to make human life multiplanetary by sending people to Mars, and is also central to NASA's Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon for long-duration missions.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
But Korff won’t hold off for the city’s visioning effort to be completed.
—John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2019
Landscape architect Christine Wilson of Copley Wolff Design Group created a conceptual design for the pocket park using community input, including through a site visit and a visioning workshop with nearby residents in the fall of 2018.
—John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vision
Noun
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Running the largest sports media company in the world is a dream job for Pitaro, a lifelong Yankees fan who named one of his dogs Jeter (as in Derek).—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
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An original work set in the world of 1950s ping pong culture, the film tells the story of Marty Mauser (Chalamet), a young man with a dream no one respects, who goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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That makes the watermark invisible to human eyesight which, though great at finding patterns in pixels, isn’t equipped for spectral analysis.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 Aug. 2025
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Birds of prey are defined by their sharp talons, hooked beaks, keen eyesight, and carnivorous diet – all of which enable them to hunt, kill or scavenge other animals for food.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 July 2025
Noun
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There’s nothing in the world quite like this abbey, located on an island and rising out of the bay like a heavenly apparition.—
Chloe Arrojado,
AFAR Media,
25 July 2025
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Mercury reaches its point of greatest eastern elongation on Friday (July 4), presenting an excellent opportunity to spot the rocky planet during its evening apparition in the post-sunset sky.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
2 July 2025
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The White House has not officially addressed the vision behind the redecoration or the providence of some of the decor.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 May 2025
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The internationalisation of the awards season has been on full display in recent years, both in terms of foreign language movie success, voter makeup and the providence of these films.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The play imagines what would happen if President Abraham Lincoln's assassination wasn't exactly a bad thing for his insufferable wife.—
Nigel Smith,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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If a highly fit teenage boy can die of heat stroke on a hot day, imagine the degree of challenge to older folks who typically are much less fit.—
Bryant Stamford,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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And some — like their Angel of Death illusion — weigh about five tons.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
19 Aug. 2025
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The seeming randomness in their outputs—which makes each response slightly different—creates an illusion of unpredictability that resembles agency.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Protect your head and shade your eyes when outdoors.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Oc Register,
7 Aug. 2025
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Give your eyes 20-30 minutes to adjust to the dark Avoid looking at phones or bright lights.—
Marina Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Festivities will finish with a lantern lighting ceremony at around 8 p.m. Six stone lanterns and paper lanterns will be released on the Japanese Garden pond and the Frog Pond so that, according to the tradition, spirits can return to their resting places.—
Kathryn Kovalenko,
Twin Cities,
13 Aug. 2025
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This shared spirit between Magnolia Pearl and brands like Foreign Tongues as well as other artisan-first labels points to a rising current in fashion—a rejection of disposability, trend-chasing, and mass-production-at-all-costs.—
Tanya Benedicto Klich,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Vision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vision. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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