ideation

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In the fashion industry, it takes around six months to design and produce a collection of clothing, from ideation and concept building to the day items end up in stores and online.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Queer youth experience significantly higher rates of suicidal ideation than their non-LGBTQ+ peers, experts say.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

Some say it overstates the relationship between ideation and action.

From Slate • May 20, 2024

Takubo, a physician, cited more than a dozen peer-reviewed studies showing a decrease in rates of suicide ideation and attempts among youth with severe gender dysphoria who had access to medication therapy.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

The better creatures are able to communicate ideation or thought, the stronger and more frequent are the evidences of their possession of reason.

From The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals by Weir, James