preconceiving

Definition of preconceivingnext
present participle of preconceive

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for preconceiving
Verb
  • The makeup of the roster and the team's second-highest preseason ranking in Wieber's seven seasons has her thinking the group could create a special season.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2026
  • As oblivion approached, with all its attendant possibilities of panic or bitterness, Bowie summoned the generosity to evoke the ordeal of one prematurely dying man while also thinking and creating at the no less vast scale of life itself.
    Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Lifelong Wyoming resident David Willms spent years of his childhood fishing a nearby reservoir flanked by Elk Mountain, dreaming about summiting it someday.
    Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Swearingen attended his first PBR event at Madison Square Garden as a teenager, when his family brought bulls there, watching from the sidelines and dreaming of one day riding there.
    Nancy Kane, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Often, these are small leagues (six teams), and there is a mix of strategies — targeting players with great upside and/or matchups, and predicting who will go deepest into the playoffs.
    Jake Ciely, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Our designers are predicting a shift towards more opaque palettes featuring olive greens, chocolate browns, deep, muted variations of red, and off-white hues, much like those seen in the 2026 colors of the year.
    Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • After collaborating with Sotheby’s on a 2024 installation of Impressionism, for which they were tasked with subverting assumptions of the movement, the duo are now conceiving the company’s new restaurant, Marcel, named after the architect.
    Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2026
  • These critics are concerned that the focus on lifestyle changes and surgery may not address patients’ difficulties conceiving, while putting them through other unsuccessful treatments.
    Emma Kennedy, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 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 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
  • Eberle deposited the puck into the vacated cage with 35 seconds to play, dooming the Ducks with his second goal of the night.
    Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 23 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Long before audiences saw Glinda’s dazzling pink dresses or Elphaba’s dramatic layered ensembles on the big screen, Paul Tazewell was imagining how silhouette, color and texture would bring the witches of Oz to life.
    Eva Remijan-Toba, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The three-year Off-Broadway hit is a parody of the classic film Titanic, imagining the story as if Celine Dion were narrating it.
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • And there was a smattering of other items, which the visitor, fancying himself an amateur academic archeologist, thought worth noting.
    Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Preconceiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preconceiving. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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