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ideate

[ahy-dee-ayt, ahy-dee-ayt, ahy-dee-ayt, ahy-dee-it] / ˈaɪ diˌeɪt, aɪˈdi eɪt, ˈaɪ diˌeɪt, aɪˈdi ɪt /




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But if she’s developing her own projects, she’ll, for example, use it to ideate medical scenarios that she’ll later fact-check with physicians.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Maher said he was sculpting to ideate on this new version of the character when he accidentally punched a hole in the figure’s torso.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2025

Speaking of inspiration, one of the hallmarks of a confident baker is the ability to ideate and then actually bake a new recipe.

From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2023

I write on my computer, but I ideate in the sketchbook.

From The Verge ● Sep. 7, 2018

A false school of psychology would say that the infant’s brain cannot yet ideate; but that is incorrect language.

From Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence by Charles Coppens

And they were borne aloft on a fluttering flag Monday, the first day of Paris Fashion Week, in the last Off-White show Mr. Abloh ideated before his death.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2022

But a vision of the future ideated by a creative agency for a megacorporation was always going to be dreadful.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2021

That premise works both ways, dear lady, Jrann-Pttt ideated.

From Collector's Item by Evelyn E. Smith

One subject finds the ideated plane farther away than the objective plane; another conceives the two as coinciding.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg

And the unconscious actual movements, particularly those of the eyes, which are associated with ideated movements, took place so often that it is hard to believe they were ever wholly excluded.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg

“At Spotify, we are constantly iterating and ideating to improve our product offering and offer value to users,” a company spokesperson wrote in an emailed statement.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

“We’re always, always, always ideating, always brainstorming,” Ali said.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023

There is a “sweet spot” to how engaging the activity is and its impact on creative thought: too little, and it is boring; too much, and it leaves little attention for ideating.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2023

Sources told Page Six that the cosmetics entrepreneur was “not on the production floor when the pictures and videos were taken” but rather was “simply reviewing colors and ideating on new concepts.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2022

We're still creating, ideating, making, tasting, writing recipes all day every day.

From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2019


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