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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
His second book, a collaboration with conceptual artist and photographer Mike Mandel, a fellow San Francisco Art Institute graduate, was published in 1977 and titled Evidence.
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Vanity Fair, 26 Mar. 2026
Within Lean, there is little room for conceptual, methodological, or ideological diversity.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
The result is a Margiela that feels both wearable and conceptual—firmly rooted in the now, with plenty to shop.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026
That conceptual tension has led early users to experience agentic AI as a sort of bossy servant.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 25 Mar. 2026
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Vanity Fair, 26 Mar. 2026
Within Lean, there is little room for conceptual, methodological, or ideological diversity.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
The result is a Margiela that feels both wearable and conceptual—firmly rooted in the now, with plenty to shop.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026
That conceptual tension has led early users to experience agentic AI as a sort of bossy servant.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceptual
Adjective
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That balance is not theoretical.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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If the pair pull it off, the implications could be massive, revealing AI’s potential to convincingly resurrect and reinvent our cinematic history — a potential that before the tech had remained firmly theoretical.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The movie addresses metaphysical questions such as the egregore of a generation, the nature of evil, and the search for God in times of His absence.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
19 Mar. 2026
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The most fundamental consequences of being struck by lightning are often metaphysical, and not easily communicable.—
Jacob Stern,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Those humanistic and critical values are, for Y, not merely some abstract doctrine but a vital aspect of his identity.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Before the three scientists’ work, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans were largely abstract animals to most people – zoo exhibits, textbook illustrations, evolutionary symbols.—
Mireya Mayor,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Conceptual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceptual. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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