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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
The conservatism that would eventually hobble the daytime soap had its roots in this era, when soap viewers with especially fragile sensibilities had specific conceptions of what topics a soap should cover and made no bones about airing their protests.
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Literary Hub, 18 May 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
Second, however, at the chasm between the Framers’ conceptions of Presidential war power and the unbounded nature of that authority today.
—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
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
Literary Hub, 18 May 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
Second, however, at the chasm between the Framers’ conceptions of Presidential war power and the unbounded nature of that authority today.
—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
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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Leave no pixel unturned, take no character for granted, and cast aside your notions of main quests versus side quests.—
Alex James Kane,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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This extends not only to their immediate objectives — finding safety, love and liberation — but to the more conceptual notions of their long-standing existence in Hindu societies, where they’re shouldered with a spiritual importance than can swiftly be stripped away.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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Long before modern multiculturalism, the American founding itself drew heavily upon biblical ideas and categories rooted in the Torah.—
Ari Berman,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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This brief genius window can make strategy clearer, reveal missing pieces, and turn vague ideas into usable next steps.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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This includes physical assets - like plants, equipment, and products - to concepts like customer orders or financial transactions.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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In recent years, BMW has shown a willingness to put its Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este concepts, like the Skytop roadster and Speedtop shooting brake, into production, but there appear to be no plans to do the same with the Vision BMW Alpina as of now.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
15 May 2026
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Their alpha leader is Jim (voiced by Alex Ramirès), a ginger-bearded Adonis with pecs like rocks and a brain that’s considerably softer, not that his legions of Instagram followers and OnlyFans subscribers are after his thoughts.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
23 May 2026
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About 81% of transgender adults nationwide have suicidal thoughts, according to the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2026
Noun
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Not stereotypes, but tropes flipped on their head, and the sense of where positions and relationships lie, and then how characters just fall beautifully into that and adjust to that, especially Tucker, is gonna be fun to explore.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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The findings add to a growing body of evidence that Neanderthals — our closest extinct human relatives — were cognitively and psychologically more similar to modern humans than previously thought, rather than the simple-minded, brutish cavemen of earlier stereotypes.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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On this night, as Rashad posed for pictures in Bushwick, SZA was a few miles away in Manhattan, walking the red carpet at the Met Gala.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Once in the asteroid's orbit, NASA's spacecraft is slated to take pictures of the asteroid's surface and shed light on its composition, over the course of about two years.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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“Conceptions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceptions. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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