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dealing with or expressing a quality or idea
conceptual thinking is often the most demanding kind of mental activity
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Recent Examples of conceptual
The release was billed by Cain as the final chapter in her Ethel Cain character arc — a deeply conceptual project spanning trauma, Americana, and Southern Gothic mythology.
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Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2025
Each story—of grocery shopping, going to the airport or going to a restaurant with a friend—had two different versions, with either conceptual or perceptual details swapped into the same overall narrative.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
Huang Yong Ping, the founder of the movement, along with major conceptual artists such as Geng Jianyi, Yin Xiuzhen and Shi Yong, all fell under the spell of Fluxus and carved out a unique position for the cohort within the international avant-garde.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
Gauss Fusion introduced its Conceptual Design Report (CDR) – a comprehensive conceptual blueprint for its commercial fusion power plant, GIGA.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
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Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2025
Each story—of grocery shopping, going to the airport or going to a restaurant with a friend—had two different versions, with either conceptual or perceptual details swapped into the same overall narrative.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
Huang Yong Ping, the founder of the movement, along with major conceptual artists such as Geng Jianyi, Yin Xiuzhen and Shi Yong, all fell under the spell of Fluxus and carved out a unique position for the cohort within the international avant-garde.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
Gauss Fusion introduced its Conceptual Design Report (CDR) – a comprehensive conceptual blueprint for its commercial fusion power plant, GIGA.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceptual
Adjective
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The results offer crucial confirmation for theoretical models about how magnetic turbulence carries and dissipates energy in the sun's upper atmosphere, Morton added.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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This is not a theoretical concern.—
David Miliband,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
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Beverly, a waitress who had another daughter and then a son in the two years after Smith was born (and eventually one more daughter), had little time for her eldest’s metaphysical ponderings.—
Amy Weiss-Meyer,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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The film follows a young couple (Qualley and Starkey), who inherit a farm in rural Arkansas and must conquer the demons, both physical and metaphysical, that haunt its legacy.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
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Hypertension is associated with difficulties in problem-solving, planning, organizing, and multitasking, as well as abstract reasoning, working memory, and mental processing speed.—
Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
6 Nov. 2025
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Our greatness will be anything but abstract.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Conceptual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceptual. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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