preconceiving

Definition of preconceivingnext
present participle of preconceive

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Verb
  • Deschanel’s review tapped into something a lot of people had been thinking but hadn’t articulated publicly.
    Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Elward said Traynere was using the email to gain a political advantage and learn what members of the opposing party were thinking.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Aston Villa Not so long ago, Aston Villa fans were dreaming of winning the title.
    Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • For the kids who spend their days dreaming of Putnam County Spelling Bee glory, words are the things that set them free.
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The ski resort was predicting cloudy skies for most of the weekend with a high of 31 on Friday.
    Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
  • With forecasts predicting a high of 84 degrees on Sunday, Los Angeles Marathon organizers will offer medals to runners who complete 18 miles.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • This willful overreach is more or less business as usual for Albarn and his old housemate Hewlett, who, by conceiving this cartoon combo of multiracial punks in 1998, advanced a vision of pop hybridity that anticipated our age of cultural superabundance.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The episode ends with one more flashback, this time to the night Dixie and Don slept together — conceiving their son Blue — when he was separated from his wife Blythe.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 27 Feb. 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
  • 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
  • The Vikings outgained the Cowboys, 311 to 183 yards, but committed five turnovers, dooming the home team to defeat.
    Jim Reineking, USA Today, 25 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • The Secret World of Arrietty, directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, adapts Mary Norton’s classic children’s novel The Borrowers, imagining a hidden world of tiny people living beneath the floorboards of human homes.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
  • No one goes to UConn imagining hiding in the shadows on one of the most visible teams in college sports, but the lights were never why UConn — or basketball — has been attractive to Strong.
    Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
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“Preconceiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preconceiving. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.

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