imagination
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"In the past, games where the users may have needed more imagination to fill the blanks or the gaps are now clearly expressed through the graphics that they see on the screen."
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
They also reinforce the idea that Europe's ancient landscapes were generally brighter, more open, and more varied than the dense primeval forests often depicted in popular imagination.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
Little wonder he envied “those who can paint from their imagination”—as he once confessed in a letter to his friend Théodore Duret—even though imagination played a large role in his art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
There’s a bit of a stakes problem here, but everything that happens in this imagination world is metaphorical, of course, in service of Gabby’s thunderous revelation that her mother was once a creative person too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
There are many creative ways to use these inexpensive instruments to help and inspire you, and which will fire up a child’s imagination.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
The Cat and the kids dive into their cardboard boxes to find the misplaced Go-Backer and discover vast, amazing worlds informed by their interests and imaginations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
I believe artificial intelligence has become a dominating subject in America because Americans by nature have imaginations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Area manager at Auction House Notts & Derby, Jonathan Way, said he believed it was a "creepy doll" left standing in the corner of a bedroom that had captured people's imaginations.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
An exhibition at the Met Cloisters reveals the enduring fascination with hybrid beings in both Europe and the Americas, and similarities in the imaginations and concerns of vastly different cultures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
And so, as children grew, so did the danger of the Fire Swamp in their enlarging imaginations.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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