as in imagining
to form a mental picture of
visualized herself executing a perfect dive
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Recent Examples of visualizing
When Gu drops into the halfpipe, listening to American rap, her brain is still working at 100mph, sometimes visualizing a takeoff one second before performing her trick.
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Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
To help with visualizing a standard pour of wine, five ounces is a little more than a 1/2 cup of liquid.
—Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2026
With new technologies that go beyond simply visualizing the brain to analyze how different brain regions are connected, neuroscientists can now examine specific brain regions involved in decision-making and how brain damage may predispose a person to criminal conduct.
—Christopher M. Filley, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2026
One way of visualizing this model is to imagine an expansive puddle with two opposing currents.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026
Consciously choosing the design of this polish, applying it calmly, and visualizing your wishes for the new year transforms the manicure into an act of self-care and manifestation.
—Andrea Carbajal, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2026
The process of visualizing stories can be described as a form of curation, where the artist cares to encode literal text with figurative language.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
The Extreme Ultraviolet Imager — led by the Royal Observatory of Belgium — plays a key role in visualizing the solar atmosphere at high resolution and capturing phenomena like the prominence seen in this latest release.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 26 Nov. 2025
By freezing and visualizing what happens in the developer, the team turned a long-unsolved, guesswork-heavy process into one that can be seen, understood, and controlled.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
To help with visualizing a standard pour of wine, five ounces is a little more than a 1/2 cup of liquid.
—Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2026
With new technologies that go beyond simply visualizing the brain to analyze how different brain regions are connected, neuroscientists can now examine specific brain regions involved in decision-making and how brain damage may predispose a person to criminal conduct.
—Christopher M. Filley, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2026
One way of visualizing this model is to imagine an expansive puddle with two opposing currents.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026
Consciously choosing the design of this polish, applying it calmly, and visualizing your wishes for the new year transforms the manicure into an act of self-care and manifestation.
—Andrea Carbajal, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2026
The process of visualizing stories can be described as a form of curation, where the artist cares to encode literal text with figurative language.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
The Extreme Ultraviolet Imager — led by the Royal Observatory of Belgium — plays a key role in visualizing the solar atmosphere at high resolution and capturing phenomena like the prominence seen in this latest release.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 26 Nov. 2025
By freezing and visualizing what happens in the developer, the team turned a long-unsolved, guesswork-heavy process into one that can be seen, understood, and controlled.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visualizing
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The Secret World of Arrietty, directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, adapts Mary Norton’s classic children’s novel The Borrowers, imagining a hidden world of tiny people living beneath the floorboards of human homes.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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No one goes to UConn imagining hiding in the shadows on one of the most visible teams in college sports, but the lights were never why UConn — or basketball — has been attractive to Strong.—
Chantel Jennings,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Although the central story is intimate in scale, the film’s scope is large and its social purview deep, and this vast amplitude is a function of Ouédraogo’s way of staging action, or, rather, of envisioning it.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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Beyond the arena, Welts shared fresh details about the entertainment district the team is envisioning with its next home.—
Devyani Chhetri,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Offensively, the Cowboys were clearly comfortable seeing TCU’s style of defense for a third time.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Mar. 2026
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Phillips also played a complete season in 2025 after seeing two separate significant injuries end his seasons in 2023 (Achilles) and 2024 (ACL).—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2026
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At night, Martinez lay awake picturing an agent in the middle of the road raising his gun.—
Ruby Cramer,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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The trio created fake Minnesota temporary drivers’ licenses using false names, with each license picturing one of the Thomases, federal prosecutors said.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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What starts out as a murder mystery set amid Oxford’s dreaming spires becomes a globe-trotting adventure with a very personal angle for Holmes and family.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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Español When 2016 started, Bad Gyal was dreaming of becoming a superstar, living what could feel like three lives, working two jobs while studying fashion design.—
Ingrid Fajardo,
Billboard,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Visualizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visualizing. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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