as in to imagine
to form a mental picture of
the psychotic would repeatedly ideate the act of committing murder, and eventually he came to believe his own delusions
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Recent Examples of ideate
For example, data scientists across the company recently kicked off their own data science community of practice to collectively ideate on use cases.
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Rachel Curry,
CNBC,
21 Mar. 2026
Computer then ideates subtasks and assigns them to multiple agents as needed, running the models Perplexity deems best for those tasks.
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Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
26 Feb. 2026
Few might have imagined that the touchscreen technology that rules the world of devices today was actually ideated back in the 1960s.
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Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
Congressional Republicans are ideating about domestic policy.
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Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
30 Jan. 2026
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Rachel Curry,
CNBC,
21 Mar. 2026
Computer then ideates subtasks and assigns them to multiple agents as needed, running the models Perplexity deems best for those tasks.
—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
26 Feb. 2026
Few might have imagined that the touchscreen technology that rules the world of devices today was actually ideated back in the 1960s.
—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
Congressional Republicans are ideating about domestic policy.
—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
30 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for ideate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideate
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Designers have already sketched their answers for WWD, imagining everything from grand couture ballgowns to more unexpected takes on the singer’s bridal era.
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Whatever juju, imagined or self-made, permeating throughout the Braves’ roster over the last few weeks was exorcised Wednesday.
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Stretching Teng out as a starter is something Brown envisioned upon acquiring him, but doing so during the season in response to injuries is a difficult task.
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Zhardanovsky envisions an interconnected hospitality ecosystem where technology enhances the human element, making extraordinary experiences easier to discover and share, and redefining VIP status by value created.
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Built around a towering sandstone escarpment that rises through the centre of the property, surrounded by a deliciously cold pool, the architecture was conceived in careful negotiation with the landscape.
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To that end, the firm drew inspiration from the shapes of farmland structures and conceived a cluster of interconnected buildings that flow from one to another with a series of hallways.
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As adult influencers dominate online fashion culture, and tweens and teens see the same content as adults, there are fewer spaces for young people to develop styles of their own.
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Messi was trying to get a ball away from an Algerian player when he was seen digging his cleat into the back of the player’s calf.
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Researchers recently visualized a set of images across a spectrum of red, white, and blue hues compiled by the Chandra X-ray Observatory as well as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
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In the image below, Chandra's X-ray data was combined with infrared light gathered by the James Webb Space Telescope to help visualize the luminous shell of gas in reds, whites and blues.
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“Ideate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideate. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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