as in thoughts
something imagined or pictured in the mind
as long as there's a national deficit, interplanetary exploration will most likely remain an agreeable cogitation and nothing more
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Noun
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Ending thoughts Despite macro uncertainty, these top analysts generated significant returns from their stock selections.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026 -
Regardless of your thoughts on the 2016 renaissance, piercing trends have continued to expand and evolve.—
Marianne Mychaskiw,
Allure,
24 Jan. 2026
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But as the healer grows graver, invoking notions of lust, desire, and indecency, the boys undergo a kind of exorcism.—
Natalia Winkelman,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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Opponents invoke abstract notions of sovereignty while ignoring practical realities.—
Paul McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Shopping, spending money, earning money or exploring moneymaking ideas is blessed.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
23 Jan. 2026
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Start Small One of the key ideas in This Is Strategy is the concept of the smallest viable audience.—
William Arruda,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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To wrap up 2025 and her first full year as a pro athlete, Clark shared a collage of pictures, including an adorable one with her boyfriend.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
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The camera gets pictures and video of coyotes multiple times a week, Routh said.—
Kendrick Calfee
Updated January 22,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2026
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Farrell and Kidman are outstanding, even as Lanthimos' ritualistic plotting and direction keep them hemmed into their characters' rigid conceptions.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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So this was quite a departure from traditional conceptions of the subject.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Gone were the days of elaborate concepts, old-timey characters, and aspirations toward modern classical composition.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
11 Jan. 2026
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The concepts making their debut range from Kwame Onwuachi’s take on Caribbean cuisine in Las Vegas to Francesco Martucci bringing his pizza prowess to fine dining in Miami—and everything in between, encompassing a wide variety of flavors, heritages, and more.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
11 Jan. 2026
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But even that can be strategic, as in-person impressions that can completely alter the game are made.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Jan. 2026
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In other words, the new-look Nielsen has helped recapture a sufficient volume of impressions that 27 of the broadcasts that made the cut two years ago wouldn’t have been eligible for inclusion in today’s ranking.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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