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imagination

[ih-maj-uh-ney-shuhn] / ɪˌmædʒ əˈneɪ ʃən /


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Fagan said Scottish Labour needed to rediscover its "courage, boldness and imagination".

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

He grew up only 10 blocks from the American Museum of Natural History, where a frightening skull display first captured his imagination.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

I just like to fire up my imagination as quickly as possible.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

The lottery-ticket analogy suggests that you’re letting your imagination run away with you — big time.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

I’m an early-model-android; I don’t have the capacity for that much imagination.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fulham left-back Robinson was a key player as co-hosts United States captured home imaginations during their run to the last 16.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

There are copious cognitive benefits and endless possibilities for where their imaginations can run, unbound by the limiting confines of a tablet.

From Salon Jun. 21, 2026

Their imaginations seem to have been fed on solely on “Starship Troopers” and little else except maybe some Tolkien.

From MarketWatch Jun. 1, 2026

For the past year, defense and artificial intelligence have captured investors’ imaginations, leaving green energy out in the cold.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

Videos of the explosions ran continuously on television and online, and the efforts of the skeleton crew at the plant captured imaginations around the world.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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