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as in envisions
to form a mental picture of
she was determined to have the wedding that she had always imagined
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as in thinks
to have as an opinion
I imagine that's true, but you still have to prove it
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as in assumes
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
I imagine things will change rapidly once we begin
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Recent Examples of imagines
The company imagines intelligent appliances operating as agents that manage daily routines and return time to users.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Jan. 2026
In an episode where Milo and Zach try to help Melissa conquer her fear of roller coasters, the roller coaster Melissa imagines is the same one Phinneas and Ferb made in their backyard.
—Stephanie Ganz, Parents, 5 Jan. 2026
The Market as a Workplace Ben Hur imagines a stock market that feels less distant and more like a breathing professional arena for those who meet high standards of discipline and risk management.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
But, the sweetest scene comes when Hanks' grieving Sam Baldwin imagines a New Year's Eve conversation with his deceased wife (played by the ethereal Carey Lowell).
—Kate Stroup, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Dec. 2025
The right brain imagines; the left brain analyzes.
—Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Its storyline imagines a blizzard that brings Dorothy (whose name has changed to Dor) back to Oz, 20 years after that first visit.
—Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 27 Dec. 2025
While the public often imagines autonomous robots as cold, calculating machines, the reality of deploying them in public spaces reveals a technology deeply concerned with social acceptance and survival.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2025
Inspired by biological evolution, this Christmas lab film imagines a world where machines evolve instead of organisms.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imagines
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Proposed by the Laguna Ocean Foundation, the project envisions restoring 9 acres of the marshy area and sand berm at the mouth of Aliso Creek, improving the link between the ocean and the nearby canyons and wildlands area.—
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The front area benefits from natural light, and Arakelyan envisions that as a space for content creators.—
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That's precisely what a smart Southern cook thinks, too.—
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The Pahlavi pretender himself certainly thinks so.—
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Yet his rhetoric assumes that Jewish identity is synonymous with privilege, that Jewish concerns are secondary — or suspect.—
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The literary record assumes the same.—
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Every time a customer pays with a credit card, 2 to 4 percent of that sale is siphoned off before a business ever sees the money.—
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Qu said the company sees it as a hobby-grade product aimed at users who want a closer approximation of real piloting.—
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Longbow believes weight has become the defining problem across the car industry.—
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If a trustee believes contributions were made to shield money from creditors rather than for legitimate retirement planning, those funds may be challenged.—
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The panel picks up on the baseball-heavy clues, and guesses accordingly.—
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The team or person who guesses the most songs correctly wins.—
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In a bid to increase his nation’s number of rug rats, Władysław Grochowski, owner of one of Poland’s biggest hotel chains, has pledged to throw a party for every couple who conceives while staying at his properties.—
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Modern medical sociology ultimately considers all societal issues to be health issues.—
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Anne Enright considers the aesthetics of Zohran Mamdani’s digital campaign.—
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“Imagines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imagines. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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