Examples of preconception in a Sentence
I came to the lecture without any preconceptions.
tried to go into the training sessions without any preconceptions
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The Know, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
Based on his 2020 short film, Meeks draws from his personal ties to Ohio to upbraid our preconceptions about the cyclical nature of addiction and recovery.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026
What was so great about working with Marc Platt and John Chu is that was there was no preconception of who Galinda and Elphaba had to be.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026
On the slopes, long-standing ethnic and religious divides are briefly set aside, with rivals cheering one another on despite their fraught history and preconceptions.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Preconception.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preconception. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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preconception
adjective
pre·con·cep·tion
-kən-ˈsep-shən 
: occurring prior to conception
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