preconception

With a subject that can be as dark as this, I know some people aren’t ready to hear it or have a preconception of what the show will be.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

"People have a preconception about children like Jake and he’s blown that out the water," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2024

Federal health officials continue to recommend COVID-19 vaccination to individuals planning to conceive, and stress that the benefits of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine outweigh potential risks of vaccination during preconception or pregnancy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2023

“I do know there’s this preconception that the festival is a little more of a film nerd thing,” Huntsinger says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023

Then there are others where fable, myth, preconception, love, longing, or prejudice step in and so distort a cool, clear appraisal that a kind of high-colored magical confusion takes permanent hold.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Few are naive enough to think Supreme Court justices have no preconceptions about how a case will go.

From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026

“Ann Lee” as a movie and Ann Lee as a character burst open those preconceptions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

In Arizona, the overhaul started about a decade ago with the closing of underperforming, 6,000-square-foot locations that fit many people’s preconceptions of thrift as “that dark, dirty store on the corner,” O’Neal said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

Does he believe, and act on, intelligence reports, especially those that rub against his preconceptions?

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2025

Absurd perhaps, but variants of this explanation in less transparent contexts might carry considerable force for people with strong enough preconceptions.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos