imagination
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“We all collectively lack the imagination to wonder what the jobs of the future will be,” Reid said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Our critic noted, “Despite a sea between them literally and metaphorically, Europe and the Americas shared a common imagination, a curiosity to explain the unknown, and a desire to make the mystical beautiful.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
The scientist believed that capturing the public's imagination would help attract financial backing.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
As with his mother, who wrote tall tales during his Northern Irish youth, Cohn resorted to literary imagination and exaggeration to bring the story to life.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
It sounds like a goofy thing a bored kid with an overbusy imagination would invent, just to get attention.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
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“Halloween is a chance to allow ourselves to experience the love of seeing people get silly, seeing people tap into a different part of their imaginations and give themselves permission,” Monáe says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Later that day, The Times asked visitors to share their impressions of a museum that, until now, has lived largely in the imaginations of fans and in abundant social media posts online.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
In some ways, the collective skepticism was liberating: Whiteman and Baum, who died in 1998, could let their imaginations run wild.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Fulham left-back Robinson was a key player as co-hosts United States captured home imaginations during their run to the last 16.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
His strong opinion is that they should paint from their imaginations, not from what they see, as Vincent likes to do.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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