preconceiving

present participle of preconceive

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Verb
  • Many traders see China’s eventual return to pre-Iran war oil purchasing rates as the key to predicting when oil prices finally lurch higher.
    Devika Krishna Kumar, Fortune, 6 June 2026
  • Perhaps granting the nation some reprieve, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has projected a below-average hurricane season, predicting eight to 14 named storms.
    Mallory Wilson, The Hill, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Carson had been thinking about the pesticide DDT since the 1940s.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • But Shaboozey, dressed in head-to-toe denim with brown suede boots, his dreadlocks hanging loose across his back, is thinking about his mother.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 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
  • An hour earlier, George had walked through the tropical forest, day dreaming.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • The wedding — and especially Cassie and Nate’s dance, as Cassie melts down on the day she’s spent her life dreaming of, having learned about the deep financial hole Nate is in — must have felt especially layered.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • Women of ideal reproductive age who are infertile, while others in their 40s have no problem conceiving.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • However, Nike quickly snuffed out optimism of turning point, forecasting China revenue to be down about 20% in its current quarter, which will be reported after the bell on June 30 .
    Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 10 June 2026
  • Stuart is forecasting Brent will average $130 a barrel in July and August.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • In 2020, Samir Nurmohamed, now an assistant professor of management at the University of Pennsylvania, published a paper that showed evidence that perceiving yourself as an underdog can lead to higher motivation and better performance at work.
    Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 2 June 2026
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