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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 conceptual redevelopment plan previously put forward by the partners envisions an arts and education hub with a world-class public space, thousands of apartments spread across multiple high-rises, shops and restaurants, and a hotel.
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
But as the MoMA show argues, Duchamp also did this as a conceptual strategy, to degrade the value of the original and question what counted as a copy.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 13 Apr. 2026
And, most of the time, the basketball would make Jarrett Allen proud — at least in the high-level conceptual kind of way.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026
Of course, that’s all a bit conceptual in practice, even if the whiskey is very good and interesting (and this new Maker’s Mark is both).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2026
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
But as the MoMA show argues, Duchamp also did this as a conceptual strategy, to degrade the value of the original and question what counted as a copy.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 13 Apr. 2026
And, most of the time, the basketball would make Jarrett Allen proud — at least in the high-level conceptual kind of way.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026
Of course, that’s all a bit conceptual in practice, even if the whiskey is very good and interesting (and this new Maker’s Mark is both).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceptual
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Moreover, according to the researchers, their technique works even when there is no perfect theoretical model of the material, and the sample is not pure (which is often the case in real-world materials).—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Apr. 2026
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This week, that scenario started to feel less theoretical.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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The nature of their bond also lends the movie its metaphysical dimension.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2026
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Or from whatever this risibly self-serious metaphysical nonsense about performance and possession, creation and exorcism, aims to be.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
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And the consequences of inaction are not abstract.—
Julian Baron,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Apr. 2026
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There were instead smaller groups of artists putting their own twists on other European movements such as impressionism, surrealism, Futurism, abstract art and more.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Conceptual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceptual. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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