Thesaurus results for CONCEITING

conceiting

verb

present participle of conceit, chiefly dialect

as in imagining

to form a mental picture of after a huge meal like that, I cannot conceit eating another thing for the rest of the day

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Chaiken chuckled, retelling the story and imagining Kubrick himself groaning at the idea that Criterion had dug it up and restored it.

— Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2026
Only during the last 12 or 13 months did the team really start imagining ways to bring the phrase to life.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

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The industry has been working to answer that question by comparing benchmarks, debating reasoning performance and seeing each new model outperform the last.

— Kumar Chivukula, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Investigators say witnesses had reported seeing a man fitting Harper's description near the crime scene, and Jarmon's car was later found close to where Harper had been staying in the days following the murder.

— Luke Jones, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026

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With the country rebuilding after an earthquake and going through its first democratic handover of power, Wen starts picturing a life beyond his hometown.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Consider techniques like progressive muscle relaxation, body scanning, box breathing, or even picturing your thoughts as clouds that are receding into the distance.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

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Get a head start on your holiday shopping by reviewing my favorite finds from last year’s Quince Black Friday sale—and dreaming about this year’s possibilities.

— Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 11 Nov. 2026
Building knowledge beyond conversations Anthropic also explored whether dreaming could turn large document collections into interconnected knowledge bases.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026

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