How to Use conception in a Sentence
conception
noun
- They have a clear conception of how the process works.
- They have very different conceptions of the proper role of government.
- He directed the project from conception to production.
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The movie in its conception and even from the script stage was always a wild ride.
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Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
3 July 2023
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Has your conception of what the genre is and what it can be shifted over the years?
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Christopher Byrd,
The New Yorker,
4 Dec. 2022
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Given the ways the world has changed over the past five years, has your conception of populism changed as well?
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Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
9 July 2021
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His Tips of the Day are a prick’s conception of what a nice person is supposed to act like.
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Luke O'Neil,
Esquire,
5 Jan. 2018
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The look of the films is something that can’t be determined a priori of the rest of its conception.
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Ben Sachs,
Chicago Reader,
16 Apr. 2018
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They were involved in the conception and the ideas and the execution.
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Carolyn Giardina,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 June 2022
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Many people had the conception that a library was racks and racks of books and tables and chairs.
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Lynn Horsley,
kansascity,
11 Jan. 2018
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This conception hits the nail on the head of what the modern jewelry client is seeking.
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Marley Gifford,
Town & Country,
31 Oct. 2022
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My life had value from the moment of conception and so do all lives.
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Amy Simonson,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2022
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There were a lot of parts where the song changed a lot from my initial conception through the actual singing process.
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Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
5 July 2023
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Twitter, in his conception, would be a true marketplace of ideas, a place where the wisdom of crowds would push the cream to the top.
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Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
21 Mar. 2023
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The world only exists in your eyes—your conception of it.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald,
Esquire,
7 Mar. 2017
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But the character, in our conception of her, has a lot of things going on.
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Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
22 Mar. 2021
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Most people have some kind of hazy conception of how the stock market works.
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Bloomberg.com,
27 July 2017
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This classic scent hasn’t gone out of style since its conception in 1990.
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Fiona Tapp,
CNN Underscored,
29 Nov. 2020
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This is an artist’s conception of the Space Starship, which will land astronauts on the moon.
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IEEE Spectrum,
23 Dec. 2023
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One palette takes 20 weeks to make — from conception to store.
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Brennan Kilbane,
Allure,
30 Mar. 2018
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Despite the common conceptions of deserts as hot, there are cold deserts as well.
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Christina Nunez,
National Geographic,
12 June 2019
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SoFi took about six years from conception to its opening in 2020.
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Robert McCoppin,
chicagotribune.com,
12 Feb. 2022
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Since the conception of the Slap Cap, the brand has grown exponentially.
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Bianca Lambert,
Peoplemag,
21 Feb. 2023
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Ono’s conception of the audience for her work changed, too.
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Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
13 June 2022
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Then, of course, as with all hairstyles, the entire conception is just one minute away from being pulled apart.
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New York Times,
9 Dec. 2021
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Twitter seems to play a pretty big role in the creation of the book, from conception to marketing.
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Maya Wei-Haas,
Smithsonian,
30 June 2017
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But why not just forbid first dates, because that can lead to conception, too?
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Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
12 June 2022
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So, how does an artist move from conception to creation?
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Marc Ballon,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2023
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Did the series morph a lot from your initial conception to the finished product?
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Jason Newman,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2022
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That the entire project took nearly four years from conception to this month’s world premiere is not lost on him.
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Beth Bragg,
Anchorage Daily News,
22 Apr. 2021
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