conception
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American Orthodox Jews maintain a widespread faith in a personalized conception of God.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The two have worked with the artist since 2009, and in previous presentations he approached the conception and installation as a kind of director.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The research suggests that an individual's biology may reflect more than the DNA inherited at conception.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
As they celebrate America’s 250th birthday, they are also contemplating the relevance of their orientation to the nation’s conception of itself.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
The great merit of Newcomen’s engine was its simplicity of conception and modesty of ambition.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
But TV had never seen anything quite like the Krofft shows, with its Day-Glo aesthetic, crazy conceptions and combination of puppets, costume puppets and costumed human characters into a half-hour comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
These aspirations speak to customers’ greatest desires, their dreams for the future, and their conceptions of who they are and who they strive to be.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 27, 2026
Strategic conceptions are ripe to be overhauled in the heat of crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
For Xi, the party’s earlier conceptions of a multiethnic China were too weak a foundation for building a modern nation-state, according to Oidtmann.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
The poets of the Elder Edda seem to have had conceptions greater than their skill to put them into words.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Vocabulary lists containing conception
Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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"Jane Eyre" -- Chapters I-IV
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