preconceiving

present participle of preconceive

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for preconceiving
Verb
  • Who could blame them for thinking that, if that was the case?
    Arpon Basu, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Once defined by school bus-sized behemoths, the class has evolved to include vehicles that combine plush comfort, forward-thinking tech, and top-notch performance into a single convenient package.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Altman and other top technologists, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and computer science professors Yoshua Bengio and Stuart Russell, have been dreaming of constructing superintelligent systems for decades—as well as fearing them.
    Michael C. Horowitz, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The 25-year-old is also dreaming of something more personal.
    Essence, Essence, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With Turpin back, all three (Jalen Tolbert included) will be like predicting the Packers receivers when all are healthy.
    Jake Ciely, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • High geopolitical volatility makes predicting the market’s future even more difficult than usual, a Reuters columnist argued.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Klairissa and her husband, Mike, had been married for two and a half years before conceiving their first child.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • When conceiving the hotel, Escobedo was mindful of the environment around Lake Bacalar.
    Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Shifting gears, rather than perceiving AI as a competitor, budding therapists would be wise to perceive AI as a collaborator.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • In 2024, Nepal ranked 107th out of 180 countries on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, with 84% of people perceiving government corruption to be a major problem.
    Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The vote was conducted by secret ballot; two Republicans voted against her, dooming her effort.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The comments were full of playful quips imagining what the pups might get up to behind closed doors.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • DaCosta’s re-imagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play Hedda Gabler shifts the story from 19th-century Norway to 1950s Britain.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Yet again, Variety is forecasting the likely nominees in the Grammys’ top four all-genre categories.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
  • To be clear, the weather service isn't forecasting Helene-like extreme rainfall, but is urging residents, especially in southeastern North Carolina and coastal South Carolina to expect heavy rain, potentially through the end of September.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Preconceiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preconceiving. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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