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envisage

[en-viz-ij] / ɛnˈvɪz ɪdʒ /


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“However, we still envisage another rate hike before the year-end.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

The plans, which still need to be approved by parliament, envisage Europe's biggest economy spending more than projected just a few months ago and also taking on greater debt.

From Barron's Jul. 6, 2026

He can envisage them generating enough cash to erase their debt or launch significant share buybacks, he said.

From MarketWatch May 7, 2026

“We envisage over 20% upside to our price target,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

Indeed, it used to be thought that Brunelleschi had produced his demonstration images around 1425 simply because scholars wanted to envisage these images as immediately provoking new art and new theories.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The plan envisages slashing the three states' collective water consumption by up to 3.7 billion cubic meters per year until 2036 -- the equivalent of 1.5 million Olympic-sized swimming pools.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

Before leaving for Barcelona this summer, he played up front for Newcastle at times last season and has previously said that, in time, he envisages playing more centrally.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

“It moves developments closer to our baseline scenario for the conflict, which envisages an end to hostilities and a normalization of shipping by the end of this month.”

From Barron's Apr. 17, 2026

Prime Minister Mark Carney said the trade arrangement with China, which also involves lower tariffs on Canadian agricultural products, envisages increased investment by Chinese EV makers in the Canada economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

The Emperor, like the Preacher, has much to say about death; but he views the subject from a higher plane, and envisages the final event with a better hope.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 by Various

He said, however, that the government he envisaged forming after elections would help complete Israel's regional ambitions.

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

The deal followed a similar agreement with Nissan that envisaged a potentially earlier launch in Japan.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

The biggest missing piece is the church’s main entrance, known as the Glory Facade, which Gaudí envisaged at the top of a monumental staircase.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

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

This was not precisely what we had envisaged.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

They also establish a strict obligation for migrants subject to expulsion to leave and cooperate with authorities, envisaging harsher penalties, including detention, for those who refuse to do so.

From Barron's Jun. 1, 2026

In a final, unsent letter, addressed to Maximilien Robespierre, she wrote, “speak; it is something to know one’s fate, and with a soul like mine, one is capable of envisaging it.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 2, 2026

Attempts to avoid the measurement problem—for example, by envisaging a reality in which quantum states don’t collapse at all—have led physicists into strange terrain where measurement outcomes can be subjective.

From Scientific American May 22, 2023

However, the Heat said this is the first time a team has wholly embraced cryptocurrency, envisaging a future where fans can also pay for merchandise and food at a game with Bitcoin.

From Reuters Nov. 17, 2021

“I don’t want a fuss,” said Harry quickly, envisaging the additional strain this would put on them all.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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