initially envision

Frequency: 6.54.1 per million words

to imagine or expect something at the beginning of a situation

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Examples (10)

  • The work took longer than initially envisioned.
  • The final cost of the project far exceeded what we had initially envisioned.
  • The novel's plot became much more complex than the author had initially envisioned.
  • My career path is quite different from the one I initially envisioned for myself in college.
  • The software has more features than the development team initially envisioned.
  • The building, as initially envisioned by the architect, had a glass facade.
  • The new policy's impact was broader than the lawmakers had initially envisioned.
  • The small family gathering grew into a much larger celebration than we initially envisioned.
  • The research results pointed to a conclusion that no one on the team had initially envisioned.
  • Our friendship developed in a way I could not have initially envisioned.