imaginary
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The imaginary “occurring elephant” is just one spacelike slice of that tube; one three-dimensional moment.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Melonie Walcott, an HIV researcher, held an imaginary fishing rod and motioned reeling in a catch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Dahlia Lithwick: If you put “American politics as usual” in some imaginary halcyon past at 1 and Watergate at 10, where’s this slush fund scandal registering for you?
From Slate • May 26, 2026
As the imaginary train whisks the puppets around the country, the show manages to build anticipation just by making the crowd wonder what comes next.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
“Near the equator. The center of the planet. It’s a circle. Not a real one, but an imaginary divide between north and south. It’s superhot. Closer to the sun than the North and South Poles.”
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Vocabulary lists containing imaginary
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Common Core Grade 6, List 4
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Common Core Grade 5, List 4
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