preconceiving

Definition of preconceivingnext
present participle of preconceive

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Focus on the craft in front of you without thinking of its hypothetical audience.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But as these researchers are the first to admit, the difficulty of defining intelligence is as old as the study of thinking itself—and has plagued artificial intelligence as a field from its very earliest days.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Matlin knows a little about dreaming big.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Sleep architecture maps out how a person transitions through different sleep stages, such as light sleep and dreaming (REM), as well as how sound affects someone during each of these different stages.
    Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • But workers are also wary of the risks threatening typical 9-to-5 roles, with future-of-work reports and big-name CEOs predicting widespread workforce changes.
    Megan Sauer Sarah Jackson Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Users on Polymarket and Kalshi had placed bets totaling about $11 million as of Friday morning towards predicting who will win.
    Lia Russell March 27, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • But her commitment to spiritual motherhood did not stop her from thinking seriously about conceiving, bearing, and birthing.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
  • As their most ambitious composer, Wise set his sights on the console’s SPC700 sound chip, maximizing its potential by conceiving an inventive, maddeningly strenuous composition process.
    Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The scheme involved pitchers allegedly predetermining the results of prop bets, as outlined in a 23-page indictment unsealed in November.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The newly-sighted get better at perceiving differences in color, shape, and size — even if they were treated for their congenital cataracts after years of blindness—but not so much at spotting differences in shading or contours.
    Sachin Rawat, Big Think, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Reading, a way of perceiving ideas through the eyes of others, increases empathy and community, noted one professor.
    Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • If that’s true, then the YIMBY activists pushing for zoning reforms around the country are making a terrible mistake, dooming themselves to repeating California’s failed experiment.
    Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Just more than a minute after ignition, the ruptured booster caused the shuttle’s giant external fuel tank to explode, tearing the vehicle to pieces over the ocean and dooming all seven astronauts.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Slaves began imagining the possibility of freedom.
    Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Hard sci-fi, meanwhile, leans into the fact that life evolving on other planets, under different conditions, and across different stretches of time will almost certainly take on forms so different from ours that comprehending them would be like imagining a new color.
    Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Preconceiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preconceiving. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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