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as in notions
an idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation
the false conception that wheelchair users are homebound and helpless
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as in ideas
something imagined or pictured in the mind
our changing conceptions of what constitutes art
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Recent Examples of conceptions
Second, however, at the chasm between the Framers’ conceptions of Presidential war power and the unbounded nature of that authority today.
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Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
Rising above material needs, our current conceptions of class, identity, and climate will shift radically.
—Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
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
So this was quite a departure from traditional conceptions of the subject.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
The hierarchy of money is present in both conceptions, it is not spelled out explicitly in either conception.
—Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
Rising above material needs, our current conceptions of class, identity, and climate will shift radically.
—Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
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
So this was quite a departure from traditional conceptions of the subject.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
The hierarchy of money is present in both conceptions, it is not spelled out explicitly in either conception.
—Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceptions
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Nearly 100 years later, her predecessor, present-day Schiaparelli creative director Daniel Roseberry, has picked up her mantle, combining thrilling design with the machinery of celebrity to change our notions of female beauty and power.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
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Calculus relies on the notions of infinity and infinitely small quantities (called infinitesimals), but Newton and Leibniz defined these concepts in vague geometric terms; used incorrectly, their formulas could lead to nonsensical calculations, like division by zero.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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Consider enrolling in a class or talking about philosophical ideas with your peers, because such bold curiosity presently translates into mental growth.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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If the figures of Rosie the Riveter, Lillian Gilbreth, and Jane Fonda helped to establish ideas of twentieth-century smartness, then PAT, a glitchy computerized mother figure, carries us into the present.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Apr. 2026
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However, as Rothbard lays out, one of the most important concepts that often gets lost or forgotten in the fog of war is that violence may only be used to resist or punish the aggressor.—
Connor Okeeffe,
Oc Register,
29 Mar. 2026
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Health concepts such as Modern Market Eatery and Saladworks have recently entered the KC market.—
Jenna Thompson
March 28,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2026
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The jury ordered Meta and YouTube to pay a total of $3 million in compensatory damages plus additional punitive damages to a woman, now 20 years old, who said their platforms were engineered to addict her and caused her body dysmorphia, anxiety and suicidal thoughts.—
Kara Alaimo,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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Had those dark feelings, really scary deep thoughts.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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As this shift took place, the literary figure of the serial killer gave authors as well as readers an opportunity to sift through the public health issues that were deeply entangled with the racial stereotypes of the War on Drugs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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But for me, at least, the direction is neither sufficiently cohesive or detailed to really pull all of these different strands together to offer much more than a chance to have fun with genre stereotypes or relive a favorite movie.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Two television cameras looking down from an altitude of about 450 miles made initial pictures of earthly cloud patterns on the satellite’s second orbitable trip.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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After walking into her personal office to find Gordon redecorating the room with pictures of herself, Gomez sits down to review her assistant's to-do list for the day.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Conceptions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceptions. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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