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ideation

[ahy-dee-ey-shuhn] / ˌaɪ diˈeɪ ʃən /




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Potential adverse events the companies knew about included depression, suicidal ideation, somnolence, edema, dizziness and confusion, documents from lawsuits show.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

To wit, the ideation behind the “Cosmic Selector” — a mysterious, maybe metaphysical jukebox where the punch of a button might bring about alternative life trajectories.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025

And then, in early March, I held a weeklong strategy meeting to just talk through approvals and ideation and things like that.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2025

Takubo, a physician, cited more than a dozen peer-reviewed studies showing a decrease in rates of suicide ideation and attempts among youth with severe gender dysphoria who had access to medication therapy.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

The quality of abstraction in such ideation is not very high, it is true, yet it is abstraction, nevertheless.

From The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals by Weir, James




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