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imagination

[ih-maj-uh-nay-shuhn] / ɪˌmædʒ əˈneɪ ʃən /


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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

The first starts with terror of the unknown and unseen but culminates in sheer pathos; the latter keeps the reader guessing: Is the creature real or merely the product of a diseased imagination?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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

Was it Anya’s imagination, or did Håkon look like this torchbearer who barked questions at them?

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

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

Yet over 100 stories up the North Tower, restaurateur Joe Baum and Michael Whiteman let their imaginations run wild.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

That song helped me find that maybe there was a little river of romance in their imaginations in that moment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

There are copious cognitive benefits and endless possibilities for where their imaginations can run, unbound by the limiting confines of a tablet.

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026

She tells us that this is an exercise that will show her how well we write and use our imaginations.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake


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