preconceived

past tense of preconceive

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preconceived
Verb
  • As hotels compete for increasingly discerning customers, designs perceived as impractical or uncomfortable can quickly backfire in the age of viral social media.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • At age 62, Doug Rasheed has enough self-awareness to know how his accomplishments in the music industry might be perceived by consumers of today’s most popular artists and songs.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Critics pointed to a lack of qualifications for the new committee members, with more than half never having published research on vaccinations and many having predetermined hostility toward vaccines.
    Jordan Miller, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The supply is capped at twenty-one million coins, with issuance predetermined by code.
    Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • For the first time, researchers have mapped and dated fresh boulder falls across the moon, showing that its surface is more active than previously imagined.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Rows and rows of spacious houses with yards, everything new, tidy as can be imagined, with elegant transportation to and from the workplace right there—all for working people.
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The last of the proxy defeats was preordained.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • On many of those Friday nights, their ace pitcher, Whitey Ford, faced our ace, Billy Pierce, but an evening that began with high hopes usually ended in painful reality, like it was preordained by the baseball gods.
    Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Shoddy-Mushroom-8456/Shoddy-Mushroom-8456 Others thought Bella could be a Goldador—a popular cross between a golden retriever and a Labrador retriever, combining the traits of both breeds.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • When his Steelers were on defense, Rodgers sat on the sideline and thought about how his new wife and friends encouraged him to take his time in the offseason to make what would be the right decision to continue playing.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ferrari Given his name, Adam Driver was seemingly predestined to play the man behind the world's most prestigious sports car.
    Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Every trip to the electric chair is horrifying; a sequence where an intentionally botched execution ignites a still-living prisoner's screaming head in ghoulish blue flames is up there with any supernatural fright King's ever conceived.
    James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Each project is conceived as an immersive cultural experience, blending interiors with hospitality and lifestyle.
    Erica Wertheim Zohar, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Is Robert Livingston’s defense destined to make every QB1 with legs look like the second coming of Haynes King, the Georgia Tech signal-caller who ran wild in CU’s opener?
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The Yankees seem destined for October, but Volpe's struggles could keep them from making a deep run.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Preconceived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preconceived. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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