preconceiving

present participle of preconceive

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Verb
  • Reporting that the 15 member schools have already decided that Texas Tech shouldn’t play Sorsby could be construed as prejudging Texas Tech and failing to honor the procedural safeguards guaranteed by the bylaws.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • But one look at the crumbling, corroded metal shield covering the base left Jacobson thinking, at the very least, that should have been replaced over the years.
    John Ramos, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • Go beyond thinking about it and put your ideas into motion during the Cancer moon.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • Enhanced risk is a level 3 out of 5 on the scale for predicting storms.
    Kendrick Calfee June 13, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
  • However, predicting low clouds along the horizon is tough.
    Jamie Carter, Space.com, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • Spain desperately needs a win to get its World Cup back on track while another good performance from Saudi Arabia — unbeaten in its last three games — would have the Arabian Falcons dreaming of a spot in the knockout stage.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • Jill wasn’t a chef but a television writer trapped in an all-male writers room — dreaming of a job at none other than Shondaland.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 18 June 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
  • About 15% of couples in the United States have trouble conceiving, and more than half of those couples have a male infertility problem, according to Yale Medicine.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 15 June 2026
  • Most people who become infected never develop symptoms, but if a person becomes infected for the first time during pregnancy or shortly before conceiving, the parasite can cross the placenta and infect the fetus.
    Dr. Megan Yanny, Boston Herald, 31 May 2026
Verb
  • The vessel split in two and sank within minutes, dooming most of the Allied prisoners trapped below deck.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 18 June 2026
  • In the year 2027 (which is somehow just one year from now, please stop, passage of time), Children of Men imagines a world where women have been infertile for years, dooming humanity to a slow extinction.
    Grace Dean, Space.com, 2 May 2026
Verb
  • One of the diagnostic criteria of anorexia nervosa is body image disturbance, the experience of perceiving oneself as larger than one actually is.
    Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • Sam always found this really interesting line of being very truthful of what is going on behind closed doors in a generation, but then also pushing the boundaries on how people are used to perceiving or digesting certain topics.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 10 June 2026
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“Preconceiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preconceiving. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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