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envision

[en-vizh-uhn] / ɛnˈvɪʒ ən /


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They also didn’t envision him throwing almost nothing else.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Could he envision a future where he was a major player in the party?

From Slate Aug. 7, 2026

They envision adding plants that can handle a soaking to the bioswales they built in both the front and back.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

"I could not envision what it would've unleashed," she says.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

All right, you put warning cones around the puddles, don protective gloves, etc., but I can’t stop trying to envision the circumstances in which these pools might arise: an associate uprising? a guest riot?

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh envisions a central bank whose interest-rate decisions don’t hinge on the latest monthly data.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

With plans for watch parties and other accessible celebrations for fans, Torosis envisions Santa Monica being “the place to be” during the Games.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

This time will be different, the council hopes, as it envisions a subscription-based model whereby vendors pay a fee to access batteries and charging stations.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

It envisions a future in which consumers still have smartphones, but increasingly use other devices worn on their bodies to talk to AI chatbots, send texts and take pictures or videos.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

He envisions her running her cane along the runnels.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

For example, the tube-bunker was initially envisioned as a “completely dark space” twinkling with a variety of malfunctioning countdown clocks.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

He ended decades of political dominance by dynastic parties and envisioned a national welfare state modelled on the Islamic golden age of the seventh to 14th centuries, a flourishing period in the Muslim world.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

The obvious adjustment is to increase the maximum to cover about 90% of earnings, as envisioned in the 1983 legislation.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

"I had envisioned during the week that the ball would get flicked across to me and I was going to hit it top right," said Beirne of his goal.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

He envisioned Notus, the Greek version of the South Wind—blistering hot, but very fast.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

This kind of intimacy — thinking, envisioning, constructing together — is rare when it comes to American intersections with Iran.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

"He also wants to continue envisioning and working toward freedom for Cuba," it said.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

Going in, I didn’t know what to expect, but I wasn’t automatically envisioning a late-career “job apocalypse.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

To his mother’s delight, he decided he wanted to be a doctor at age 4, after envisioning the doctor who treated his broken arm in Jersey City Hospital as “an angel.”

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

Outside of raising the funds to bring my family over, I had a hard time envisioning my future.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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