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as in graphical
consisting of or relating to pictures
after a desensitizing series of imaginal exposures to the feared object, the phobic person is then exposed to the actual object
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as in mythic
not real and existing only in the imagination
the equator is merely an imaginal line
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Recent Examples of imaginal
With one technique, for example—called imaginal exposure—you might be asked to visualize the process of going to the airport, boarding the plane, and experiencing a bad bout of turbulence.
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Angela Haupt, TIME, 10 May 2024
Mercury entering into Pisces turns up the imaginal juice.
—USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
Then, from bundles of cells known as imaginal disks, a new body takes form.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
Angela Haupt, TIME, 10 May 2024
Mercury entering into Pisces turns up the imaginal juice.
—USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
Then, from bundles of cells known as imaginal disks, a new body takes form.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imaginal
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Meanwhile, graphic sock and apparel company Rock ‘Em Socks direct messaged Khan on Instagram after the viral moment, according to Senior Vice President Steve Rollins.—
Mark J. Burns,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Those with a more sports-adjacent style, on the other hand, often mix theirs with graphic sweaters and basketball jerseys.—
Kelsey Stiegman,
Glamour,
21 Mar. 2025
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After the war, that technology, developed by a painfully pretentious guru named Ethan Skate (Stanley Tucci), was sold to the public as a way of keeping them sedated and immersed in imaginary worlds.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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And now a question for a future newsletter: Do the kids in your life have imaginary friends?—
Anna North,
Vox,
13 Mar. 2025
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Test out various methods to influence your auditory and visual environment.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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And with podcasts quickly becoming the next frontier of visual media, each woman also brings a unique personal glam that aids the narrative.—
Essence,
Essence,
28 Mar. 2025
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This sends him on a high-stakes journey to find the mythical Last Wish, a fabled star that can restore his lost lives.—
Jane LaCroix,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega escape a murderous mythical creature in an exclusive new clip from Death of a Unicorn, in theaters March 28.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
26 Mar. 2025
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The journey itself becomes a photographic odyssey, with each turn revealing new vistas of natural splendor.—
Shelby Knick,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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The majority of this revenue would go to the General Fund, while the remainder goes to the Transportation Trust Fund; A repeal of the 6% sales tax exemption on photographic or artistic material used in advertising.—
Hannah Gaskill,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Mar. 2025
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Morgan & Morgan, the firm that puts up those annoying Philly billboards, was fined after one of their lawyers admitted to using an AI program that generated fictitious case citations in a legal filing.—
Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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Putin cannot refuse a ceasefire, without losing the fictitious moral high ground.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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Rather, entropy reflects the diversity of the pictorial information.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 Aug. 2021
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The horrific, lethal, split-second impact comes in frame 313, seven rows up from the bottom and 16 frames to the right, where a burst of vertical light interrupts the horizontal flow of the terrible pictorial narrative.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Dec. 2024
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Combs was in good company among the parents of Rosewood, Pa., the fictional setting for Pretty Little Liars' seven seasons of backstabbings and betrayals.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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As a thriller-comedy-drama set in a luxurious (fictional) hotel chain with some of the world’s most beautiful locations as the backdrop, fans are desperate to know where The White Lotus season three will be set.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Imaginal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imaginal. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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