How to Use conception in a Sentence

conception

noun
  • They have a clear conception of how the process works.
  • They have very different conceptions of the proper role of government.
  • He directed the project from conception to production.
  • The movie in its conception and even from the script stage was always a wild ride.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2023
  • Has your conception of what the genre is and what it can be shifted over the years?
    Christopher Byrd, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2022
  • They were involved in the conception and the ideas and the execution.
    Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 June 2022
  • My life had value from the moment of conception and so do all lives.
    Amy Simonson, CNN, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Many people had the conception that a library was racks and racks of books and tables and chairs.
    Lynn Horsley, kansascity, 11 Jan. 2018
  • The look of the films is something that can’t be determined a priori of the rest of its conception.
    Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 16 Apr. 2018
  • This conception hits the nail on the head of what the modern jewelry client is seeking.
    Marley Gifford, Town & Country, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Given the ways the world has changed over the past five years, has your conception of populism changed as well?
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 July 2021
  • Most people have some kind of hazy conception of how the stock market works.
    Bloomberg.com, 27 July 2017
  • The world only exists in your eyes—your conception of it.
    F. Scott Fitzgerald, Esquire, 7 Mar. 2017
  • There were a lot of parts where the song changed a lot from my initial conception through the actual singing process.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 5 July 2023
  • But the character, in our conception of her, has a lot of things going on.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Despite the common conceptions of deserts as hot, there are cold deserts as well.
    Christina Nunez, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • Did the series morph a lot from your initial conception to the finished product?
    Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2022
  • So, how does an artist move from conception to creation?
    Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Ono’s conception of the audience for her work changed, too.
    Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
  • Twitter seems to play a pretty big role in the creation of the book, from conception to marketing.
    Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 30 June 2017
  • Revisit the story of your birth and conception, and then track it back even farther.
    Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, 29 June 2018
  • How did any of this fit together with the conception story his mother had told him?
    al, 3 Aug. 2021
  • But why not just forbid first dates, because that can lead to conception, too?
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 12 June 2022
  • Lead toward your conception of the right but always seek middle ground.
    Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2020
  • That the entire project took nearly four years from conception to this month’s world premiere is not lost on him.
    Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2021
  • His Tips of the Day are a prick’s conception of what a nice person is supposed to act like.
    Luke O'Neil, Esquire, 5 Jan. 2018
  • The app then uses that data to predict your daily conception rate.
    Braelyn Wood, Health.com, 17 June 2020
  • But the craving for a more holistic conception of beauty feels real.
    Meng Jin, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Each doll takes two or three days, from conception to final product.
    Ben Reiter, SI.com, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Piero’s picture reminds us that death begins at the moment of birth, or even of conception.
    Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2018

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