envisaged

Example Sentences

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For the Saudi leadership, it has of course been presented as a success story, even if not on the scale once envisaged.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

A Y junction was the original shape of the line as envisaged in the first plans for a line from London to Birmingham that branched to Manchester and Leeds.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

That scenario is likely to stimulate new oil and gas projects, as envisaged by TotalEnergies, involving small-scale fields capable of rapid production.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Europe looks far more susceptible to higher energy prices and its much-vaunted defense spending and infrastructure buildout has been slower than Pinder envisaged.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

Richard envisaged somebody young and alert like their houseboy, Ugwu, but Harrison turned out to be a small stooped stick of a man, middle-aged, wearing an oversize white shirt that stopped below his knees.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie