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.
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His conception of this vice was broad.
—Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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The movie in its conception and even from the script stage was always a wild ride.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2023
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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
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The fact is, anonymity in donor conception has been on shaky ground for a while.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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My life had value from the moment of conception and so do all lives.
—Amy Simonson, CNN, 14 Mar. 2022
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That our conception of aliens is human.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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Most people have some kind of hazy conception of how the stock market works.
—Bloomberg.com, 27 July 2017
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Still, the conception that this is a disease of the ovaries has lingered.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 12 May 2026
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Despite the common conceptions of deserts as hot, there are cold deserts as well.
—Christina Nunez, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
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But why not just forbid first dates, because that can lead to conception, too?
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 12 June 2022
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But next week's big premiere has been marked for success since its conception.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025
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One palette takes 20 weeks to make — from conception to store.
—Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 30 Mar. 2018
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Even in the case of rape, brave women have given birth to a child whose fault the conception was not.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
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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
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Place has come to be central in my conception of my second novel.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
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Users could compare the two and get a window into their own conceptions of the game.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 2 June 2026
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But the character, in our conception of her, has a lot of things going on.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2021
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Many people had the conception that a library was racks and racks of books and tables and chairs.
—Lynn Horsley, kansascity, 11 Jan. 2018
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Their union led to the conception of four children, all of whom died shortly after birth.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2025
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In total, making the piece took four years from conception to creation.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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Then, of course, as with all hairstyles, the entire conception is just one minute away from being pulled apart.
—New York Times, 9 Dec. 2021
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This classic scent hasn’t gone out of style since its conception in 1990.
—Fiona Tapp, CNN Underscored, 29 Nov. 2020
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Still, the popular conception of what a woman or a man was felt more fluid.
—Supriya Ganesh, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
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Palmer’s conception of Sid is a wonder to behold.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
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This conception hits the nail on the head of what the modern jewelry client is seeking.
—Marley Gifford, Town & Country, 31 Oct. 2022
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