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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 companies have also rolled out a conceptual image of the drone system, which looks like a missile in some ways.
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
The club has reached conceptual agreements to purchase the 58-acre railyard from the state, along with 25 acres on the south end of Denver Water’s campus to the west of the yard.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025
Even within the central nervous system, there was a conceptual hierarchy with the brain controlling the spinal cord.
—Sara Giordano, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
Project to project, the two endeavor to build conceptual through lines, referencing past successes without resting on repeats.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
The club has reached conceptual agreements to purchase the 58-acre railyard from the state, along with 25 acres on the south end of Denver Water’s campus to the west of the yard.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025
Even within the central nervous system, there was a conceptual hierarchy with the brain controlling the spinal cord.
—Sara Giordano, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
Project to project, the two endeavor to build conceptual through lines, referencing past successes without resting on repeats.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceptual
Adjective
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Over the 1960s and 1970s, as well as ever since, a combination of observational and theoretical advances unequivocally demonstrated the success of the Big Bang in describing our Universe and predicting its properties.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
23 Sep. 2025
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The unfortunate reality is that relocation, once unthinkable, is no longer theoretical.—
Feleti Penitala Teo,
Time,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The fantastic is used to sketch out familiar story lines, but the metaphysical premise remains as vague as the dramatic stakes in the lives of the characters.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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This time, Scott had a less metaphysical explanation for his torment.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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Roberta Boffo and Sébastien Preschoux went more abstract with various shapes and patterns.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Ripple Effect Through it all, what drives me is not abstract performance metrics but impact.—
Annabelle Huang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Conceptual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceptual. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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