ideate
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Maher said he was sculpting to ideate on this new version of the character when he accidentally punched a hole in the figure’s torso.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2025
In a similar vein, the "Star Wars" TV extensions suffer from an unwillingness to abandon well-traveled canon and ideate fresh approaches.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2024
It's always been a little easier for me to ideate "cold-weather meals" when it comes time to use up pantry staples.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2022
I write on my computer, but I ideate in the sketchbook.
From The Verge ● Sep. 7, 2018
A false school of psychology would say that the infant’s brain cannot yet ideate; but that is incorrect language.
From Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence by Coppens, Charles
And they were borne aloft on a fluttering flag Monday, the first day of Paris Fashion Week, in the last Off-White show Mr. Abloh ideated before his death.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
But a vision of the future ideated by a creative agency for a megacorporation was always going to be dreadful.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
That premise works both ways, dear lady, Jrann-Pttt ideated.
From Collector's Item by Smith, Evelyn E.
One subject finds the ideated plane farther away than the objective plane; another conceives the two as coinciding.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo
His own ideated and rejected project of an illuminated showcart, drawn by a beast of burden, in which two smartly dressed girls were to be seated engaged in writing.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
“At Spotify, we are constantly iterating and ideating to improve our product offering and offer value to users,” a company spokesperson wrote in an emailed statement.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
I think that's what I'm also trying to spend my time ideating.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2023
There is a “sweet spot” to how engaging the activity is and its impact on creative thought: too little, and it is boring; too much, and it leaves little attention for ideating.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2023
Sources told Page Six that the cosmetics entrepreneur was “not on the production floor when the pictures and videos were taken” but rather was “simply reviewing colors and ideating on new concepts.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2022
In 2000, Ms. Smith and Mr. Oshrin, who’d begun dating and ideating, started Milly as a wholesale brand.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2020