envisions

verb

present tense third-person singular of envision
as in imagines
to form a mental picture of challenged the voters to envision a nation in which no child was ever allowed to go hungry

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Recent Examples of envisions Bessent said Arizona's compliance programs, employee training, suspicious-activity reporting and information-sharing reflect the kind of partnership the executive order envisions. — Richard Escobedo, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 Levinson envisions a future where manufacturing facilities are on both coasts, achieving true domestic supply chain sovereignty. — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026 The plan envisions standard gauge freight and passenger rail services with speeds between 50-60 mph (80-100 kph) for freight and 120 mph (200 kph) for passenger rail, all to be equipped with European train control technologies. — Firmesk Rahim, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026 Trillium Senior Apartments is part of a 661-unit project that the Santa Clara County Housing Authority envisions for a site just east of downtown where a hospital once operated. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 Young teaches himself to code and envisions an app that will focus on mental health and suicide prevention. — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 The Athletic’s Keith Law is impressed with Smith’s bat and envisions above-average power. — Sam Blum, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026 Roberts-Huntley envisions a future where vault shares are tradable like securitized mortgage debt, enabling quiet risk management within regulated frameworks, though some argue against an institutional-only focus for DeFi. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 El-Sayed is pitching the kind of transformation Martin envisions. — Sam Gringlas, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for envisions
  1. imagines
  2. sees
  3. envisages
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  • Director Matt Johnson‘s take on the beloved late chef, author and TV host imagines the transformative summer when a 19-year-old Bourdain discovered his passion for food while working in a Provincetown seaside kitchen.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026
  • In the hard moments, Pugh imagines his wife telling him to stay calm, that things will get better.
    — Katheryn Houghton, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
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  • Questions remain about exactly how transits through the strait will be managed and whether Washington and its allies will agree to any new arrangement that sees Hormuz jointly controlled by Iran and Oman.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Mekai, when Kanan goes to Raq’s house and sees her body on the floor, what was that like for you?
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of sees
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  • The plan sets limits on how the river would be operated, and envisages water shortages of up to 3 million acre-feet per year in the three Lower Basin states.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 31 July 2026
  • De Zerbi is still taking root and Spurs might have too many injuries to truly play the way their new Italian manager envisages, but Sunday could be an opportunity for a victory to supercharge Tottenham’s fight against the drop with a win at odds of 15/8.
    — Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Definition of envisages

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