as in theoretical
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
This structured approach ensures that conceptual strategies are not just abstract ideas but are operationalized holistically throughout the organization.
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Thomas Lim, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
For more than a decade, Bea Interiors Design has offered a full range of services including conceptual design, custom furniture and finishes, project coordination, art procurement and installation, and lighting and furniture design.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2025
But officials have shelved early, more ambitious conceptual features, partly because of environmental limitations.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Her approach is deeply textured, merging the decorative excess of Rococo with conceptual contemporary art.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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Thomas Lim, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
For more than a decade, Bea Interiors Design has offered a full range of services including conceptual design, custom furniture and finishes, project coordination, art procurement and installation, and lighting and furniture design.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2025
But officials have shelved early, more ambitious conceptual features, partly because of environmental limitations.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Her approach is deeply textured, merging the decorative excess of Rococo with conceptual contemporary art.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceptual
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From my perspective, these shifts aren’t theoretical.—
Jack Thorogood,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Carter, who had a doctorate in theoretical physics, dispatched a team of officers to the Bay Area to set up an outpost—officially called the Defense Innovation Unit, but known at the Pentagon as Unit X.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Vendors will offer beads, minerals, gemstones, custom jewelry, fossils, artifacts, and metaphysical stones.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 July 2025
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The sense of evil has nothing cosmic or metaphysical about it; there’s no grandeur and no wonder to Gunn’s universe and, although there’s much discussion of the defining quality of one’s actions and choices, the film’s superheroes seem thin, constrained, and undefined.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 July 2025
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While business leaders understand that activating AI is a significant effort, their understanding tends to be abstract.—
Patrick Moorhead,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Editor’s tip: Browse the property’s private art collection, including abstract works by Jordi Boldó and black-and-white images by the contemporary photographer Graciela Iturbide.—
Michaela Trimble,
Vogue,
13 July 2025
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“Conceptual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceptual. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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