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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In 2020, the makeup brand Morphe launched a collab with LFI using what appeared to be the original product designs ideated by Glamour Dolls, who filed a lawsuit in federal court for breach of contract, defamation, and fraud.
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Rachel Brodsky, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
As a leader, stay focused on the leadership level functions, like independent interpretation, ideating pivots and communicating with stakeholders.
—Jody L. Bickel, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Alongside this explosion in growth has emerged a gargantuan demand for the right talent and workforce to ideate and develop these products.
—Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.d., J.d., Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Though the powdery floral, ideated around notes of neroli, May rose, aldehydes, and bourbon vanilla, has been in high demand since its 1921 launch, Chanel continues to find ways to give this classic scent new life.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
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Rachel Brodsky, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
As a leader, stay focused on the leadership level functions, like independent interpretation, ideating pivots and communicating with stakeholders.
—Jody L. Bickel, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Alongside this explosion in growth has emerged a gargantuan demand for the right talent and workforce to ideate and develop these products.
—Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.d., J.d., Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Though the powdery floral, ideated around notes of neroli, May rose, aldehydes, and bourbon vanilla, has been in high demand since its 1921 launch, Chanel continues to find ways to give this classic scent new life.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideate
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Currently 11th in the Western Conference, the Suns never imagined being outside of the Play-In at 27-29 with the final stretch of 24 regular-season games ahead of them.—
Shakeia Taylor,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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Surprisingly optimistic as dystopian films go, the film imagines a future where those older than 75 are rounded up and sent to live in what sounds like a huge concentration camp.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
22 Feb. 2025
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SpaceX envisions the spacecraft as being a fully reusable transportation system that can carry both humans and cargo to Earth's orbit, the moon and even Mars.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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One of the film's key scenes, in which Doyle violently interrogates a suspect, didn't initially meet the intensity director William Friedkin envisioned.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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By contrast, 7,000 more than expected were conceived in Republican counties in that same period.—
Kristen V. Brown,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2025
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It was originally conceived during the Eisenhower administration and later championed by President John F. Kennedy.—
E. Andrew Taylor,
The Conversation,
17 Feb. 2025
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Austria saw some success with this rule, but Australia did not.—
Aldo Flores-Quiroga,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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For years, Broccoli and Wilson resisted the siren call to fully exploit the property that is based on Ian Fleming’s spy novels across multiple platforms and sometimes didn’t see eye-to-eye with each other, according to insiders.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
26 Feb. 2025
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At the start of Tuesday’s practice, Beets put his team’s last three second-place trophies on the center of the mat and then had his wrestlers lie down on their backs in the dark, eyes closed, to visualize that upset.—
Kyle Newman,
The Denver Post,
12 Feb. 2025
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Shilpa lovingly stroked cloth flecked with gold that clocked in at 380 euros a meter, and visualized the shawl that could be made from it.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Ideate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideate. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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