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as in to prejudge
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as in to perceive
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Recent Examples of preconceive
As leaders, preconceived notions can blind us from being truly open to change and innovation.
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Glenn Taylor, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
To overcome these hurdles, incumbents need to recognize and change preconceived notions and ingrained behaviors that are holding them back.
—François Candelon, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023
Some family members might absolutely get it from day one, while others might have preconceived ideas about migraine and a person’s ability to just soldier through.
—Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, 31 Mar. 2023
In the style of Hong Kong action, each angle is preconceived rather than discovered through the process of editing (as is more common in western action).
—Vulture, 7 Mar. 2023
At the same time there isn’t the same amount of baggage or preconceived notions about what Vogue should and can be.
—Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
But as LaMendola has learned, rankings and preconceived notions don’t really matter.
—Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2023
The heavy topic of identity has so many cliches, preconceived ideas of reconciliation and closure.
—Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
Glenn Taylor, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
To overcome these hurdles, incumbents need to recognize and change preconceived notions and ingrained behaviors that are holding them back.
—François Candelon, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023
Some family members might absolutely get it from day one, while others might have preconceived ideas about migraine and a person’s ability to just soldier through.
—Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, 31 Mar. 2023
In the style of Hong Kong action, each angle is preconceived rather than discovered through the process of editing (as is more common in western action).
—Vulture, 7 Mar. 2023
At the same time there isn’t the same amount of baggage or preconceived notions about what Vogue should and can be.
—Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
But as LaMendola has learned, rankings and preconceived notions don’t really matter.
—Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2023
The heavy topic of identity has so many cliches, preconceived ideas of reconciliation and closure.
—Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preconceive
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What disappointed me in 1993 and 2021 was being prejudged.—
Alan Blinder,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Mangione’s lawyer has cautioned against prejudging the case.—
Devna Bose and John Seewer,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Dec. 2024
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Deterrence is no simple numbers game, but a gap this wide is a clear liability, for reasons of both objective and perceived weakness.—
FLORENCE GAUB,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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When a brand is known for discretion and high standards, its services are likely to be perceived as more valuable.—
Ken Thomas,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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In the new era, three tribes are predetermined, and more often than not, one tribe suffers fools and loses half of its members before the merge, leaving the other two tribes untouched.—
Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
9 June 2025
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Architecting Freedom In The AI Era The future trajectory of AI's influence on our freedoms is not predetermined.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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While the unified front welcoming Trump to The Hague may prioritize maintaining the NATO alliance, 23 of the 32 member countries have reached the 2% of GDP spending threshold—and experts think some will reach 5% by or before 2035.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
25 June 2025
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And there are some who have been thinking that pretty well describes opening a Mexican restaurant on Kavanaugh Boulevard in Little Rock’s Pulaski Heights, along a strip in which there are already two similar establishments (Heights Taco & Tamale and Baja Grill).—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
25 June 2025
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Leaving it all to fate served Hodge well, as his ticket matched all five numbers in the drawing.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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One saga examined closely by Olley as part of the research told the story of a fetus, still in his mother's womb, who ends up fated to avenge his father, being inscribed even before birth into complex social and political dynamics of kinship, feuds and violence.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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The interiors were conceived by Karen Roos, who was previously editor at South Africa’s Elle Decoration.—
Angelina Villa-Clarke,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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In fact, state efforts to whitewash history can inadvertently create opportunities for activists to push narratives in the opposite direction—expanding, rather than narrowing, how slavery and its long legacies are conceived and discussed.—
Time,
Time,
17 June 2025
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Research and advisory firm Gartner predicted in February that by 2027, the average prices of application programming interfaces for genAI will fall to less than 1% of the current average price for the same technology.—
Bernice Ooi,
CNBC,
26 June 2025
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Even in the Aspen X Games test run, the tool predicted a top 3 order of finish that differed from the betting lines set by oddsmakers.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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In a visual narrative medium (a play, a film, a TV show) everything a character thinks, feels, believes, remembers, imagines, the audience must infer from what the actor is doing with body and face and voice.—
Benjamin Hale
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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But why should God be imagined as human—heavens, dogs are nobler creatures, to say nothing of whales or oak trees—and why as a man?—
Campbell McGrath,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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“Preconceive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preconceive. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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