I came to the lecture without any preconceptions.
tried to go into the training sessions without any preconceptions
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Chili tastes are highly personal, often inflexible and loaded with preconceptions — the political party of culinary offerings.—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 See All Example Sentences for preconception