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conceptions

noun

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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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something imagined or pictured in the mind our changing conceptions of what constitutes art

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Recent Examples of conceptions Many young adults who started families in the past twenty years were raised this way, which shaped their own conceptions of how to rear children. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 Whether destruction or technological progress, both are purposeful activities, each with different conceptions of success or failure. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026 Beatrice, played by actual academic Anne-Laure Sellier, is a professor at Columbia whose work focuses on how historical conceptions of memory can inform present-day studies of the brain. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026 The thread of citizen rights and responsibilities weaves through each of these, uniting evolving conceptions of freedom, self-government, and individual achievement from the nation’s past through to its present. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 July 2026 Thus, the cisgendered body and heterosexuality are a dynamic instead of a foundation to our conceptions of Black motherhood. — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026 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 Some say the country is a secular republic founded on 18th-century conceptions of human reason and natural law. — Thomas Tweed, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026 In reaction against the waste of life and ill-success of Mazzini’s program, moderate opinion tended to crystallize around federal conceptions of the solution of the Italian problem. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Move beyond antiquated notions of making your first three seconds a logo and a tagline.

— Phoena Pang, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Sitting on the eastern edge of the Sonoran Desert, Tucson, Arizona, dispels all such notions.

— Tovar Cerulli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of notions

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Copyright protects a program’s code, Grimmelmann says, but not the algorithms and ideas the code implements.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026
Almost all the controls were electronic buttons, and the dashboard was entirely digital—two ideas that sound reasonable today but were nightmarishly complex in the mid-1970s.

— Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of ideas

Noun

And capable of coming up with concepts that have never been heard before.

— Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
For nearly a decade, the concepts submitted for consideration turned out to be some of the most popular spots aired during the NFL extravaganza.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of concepts

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Here are some thoughts on today’s game and a major challenge of this rebuild.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
As with past elections, the anchors will serve as the masters of ceremonies, so to speak, calling the races, asking the analysts and correspondents for their thoughts, and throwing to reporters in the field.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of thoughts

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In a national experiment, Public Policy researcher Mirya Holman and colleagues found that when campaign messages triggered fears of terrorism, voters turned to their stereotypes of strong leaders as masculine.

— Monique Mitchell Turner, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026
One criticism, which mirrors a plotline in the film, is that Ali G uses the character as a cover for enforcing racial stereotypes.

— Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of stereotypes

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James Emery, an underwater photographer from Monterey took pictures of an olive ridley sea turtle swimming near the town's wharf.

— John Ramos, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
In fact, the only previous cinematic encounter was the unfortunate 2003 live-action version with Mike Myers that flopped critically and at the box office, winning a pathetic 10 Razzie nominations as one of the worst pictures of that year.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026

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