conceive

"We had hoped we'd conceive naturally, but we'd started trying long before our wedding and it wasn't happening," she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Until, that is, they conceive of a plan to get Lady Jemima to accept Lord Wynstowe as her husband.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Today, the impacts of those efforts are everywhere, so ingrained in our understanding of what it means to solve climate change that it can be hard to conceive of another way forward.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

It’s one thing to conceive of such a project and another altogether to make it happen — so much technology, compared to, say, mixing paints and choosing a paintbrush.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026

I will paint for him not only the visible universe, but all that he can conceive of nature’s immensity in the womb of this abridged atom.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Clearly Ms. Footer conceives of Bradley as something of a tortured Romantic; what’s unclear—in fact, what is unknowable—is whether Bradley did himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

Turk conceives her character as a collection of insecurities and hesitant expressions, making Dalia the perfect candidate to be metaphorically reborn through an unlikely forest adventure in which magical events will occur.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025

Perhaps the big divide here isn’t about what one wants one’s family to look like, but in how one conceives of parenthood in the first place.

From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2025

Egypt, along with other Arab states, remains committed to the long-time international formula for peace, the two-state solution which conceives an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025

Your correspondent evidently conceives it as a place where things are sold.

From The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Angell, Norman

Given he earned 14 victories over the previous two seasons, it is a drought few could have conceived when he triumphed at the American Express Open on 27 January 2026.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

This complex project was conceived by Diane Waggoner, acting head and curator of photographs at the museum, and curated by her and Kristen Gaylord, curator of photography and media arts at the Milwaukee Art Museum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

In the UK, people conceived using donated sperm, eggs, or embryos from registered donors after April 1 2005, can now request identifying information about their biological donor parent once they turn 18.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

In the words of a condemned conspirator, “The people have conceived a sacred truth—that they do not exist for governments, but that governments must be organized for them.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Its heroine was Sherry Nola, a girl conceived, born and brought up in sweltering luxury.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

Brooklyn resident Jenna Edwards always assumed she and her husband would have children, but they had trouble conceiving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

With “Resurrection,” Bi delivers something uncommonly rich, boldly conceiving his latest as a salute to the history of film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025

In total, only 12% of people cited infertility - or difficulty conceiving - as a reason for not having the number of children they wanted to.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2025

It demands conceiving, sketching, lingering; it demands time.

From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2025

Because he had no topographic map, however, he had no way of conceiving that salvation was so close at hand.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer