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visionary

[vizh-uh-ner-ee] / ˈvɪʒ əˌnɛr i /




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The only thing Mr. Yass is imagining is a future in which college and university presidents work with visionary philanthropists like him for the good of our country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

A 2022 post on the business’ Instagram page described Kazarian as “a natural teacher, leader, visionary, and one of the hardest workers.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

He was a true artist and visionary, who has forever left his mark in fashion and pop culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

A bold thinker or visionary is not necessarily a great leader.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

It was the visionary grouse from Fernlight Forest.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

They are something I have never seen before, visionaries at the joyous beginning of something new, something huge, who are utterly fatalistic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The showdown between the first family of the Lakers comes at a time when family ownership is increasingly rare in high-level professional sports, as franchises become astronomically valuable—thanks in part to visionaries like Jerry Buss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

L.A. has reciprocated by sending our visionaries to Salzburg, where director Peter Sellars and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, for instance, have been given the license and means to inspire a reinvention of musical and theatrical thinking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

“We have the benefit of being founded and led by Elon Musk, one of the great visionaries of our generation,” SpaceX touted in its IPO paperwork.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026

The first scythes were true visionaries and saw the wisdom of continuing to cultivate wisdom.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman


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