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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
trying to change the public's concept of a nightly newscast
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as in ideas
something imagined or pictured in the mind
a concept for a new kind of automobile that could revolutionize the industry
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Recent Examples of concepts
And there are valid questions about what lasting impact there may be for the Kansas City area, particularly in terms of future regional transportation concepts that KC2026 hopes will take root.
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Kansas City Star, 9 May 2026
The resort will debut several food and beverage concepts in stages.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 9 May 2026
After these concepts launch on July 1, Tran and her team may look into opening up the store on Tuesday and Wednesdays as well as offering an Asian Sunday brunch.
—Ella Gonzales
may 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
Additionally, novel concepts such as drone-on-drone combat have materialized.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
These sessions are structured to build understanding step by step, allowing participants to revisit concepts and deepen their familiarity over time.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 8 May 2026
This marks the first time these concepts have opened in the United States.
—Connie Ogle
may 8, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
Far from being confined to a single corner of the city, these concepts are sprouting up in Center City, Fishtown, and even the suburbs, expanding Philly’s idea of what Mexican food can be.
—Alisha Miranda, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2026
None of the document’s concepts are publicly approved, and any changes to the site would be subject to multiple layers of a federal review process that has not yet begun.
—Christine Valora, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2026
Kansas City Star, 9 May 2026
The resort will debut several food and beverage concepts in stages.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 9 May 2026
After these concepts launch on July 1, Tran and her team may look into opening up the store on Tuesday and Wednesdays as well as offering an Asian Sunday brunch.
—Ella Gonzales
may 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
Additionally, novel concepts such as drone-on-drone combat have materialized.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
These sessions are structured to build understanding step by step, allowing participants to revisit concepts and deepen their familiarity over time.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 8 May 2026
This marks the first time these concepts have opened in the United States.
—Connie Ogle
may 8, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
Far from being confined to a single corner of the city, these concepts are sprouting up in Center City, Fishtown, and even the suburbs, expanding Philly’s idea of what Mexican food can be.
—Alisha Miranda, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2026
None of the document’s concepts are publicly approved, and any changes to the site would be subject to multiple layers of a federal review process that has not yet begun.
—Christine Valora, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concepts
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And all sorts of people—technologists, writers, artists, politicians, investors, and businesspeople—now work to shape our notions about what’s to come.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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In it, Hayek cautioned against the growing intellectual and political notions that disregarded liberty in favor of central planning of economic affairs.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
8 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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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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These intimate reflections read like pages taken from private diaries, with all the informality and vulnerability of that genre, including misspellings and stray thoughts.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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The other, more in the background but never far from her thoughts, is the ordeal of the Palestinian people.—
Adam Hochschild,
The New York Review of Books,
9 May 2026
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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
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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
Noun
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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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“Concepts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concepts. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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