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conceive

[kuhn-seev] / kənˈsiv /




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She's hoping to start trying to conceive again soon - and when she does, her experience has made her rethink wearing her tracker again.

From BBC Jul. 19, 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

She wanted to make sure chemotherapy wouldn’t jeopardize her ability to conceive.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

If that is the case, along with the latest jobs numbers, it gets difficult “to even conceive of the Fed thinking seriously about cutting rates,” he says.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

But underneath it all she could not conceive that the boy the gypsies took away was the same lout who would eat half a suckling pig for lunch and whose flatulence withered the flowers.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

"If I'd known that one in five women conceives naturally after IVF, I'd have used contraception until I was ready both emotionally and physically."

From BBC Jun. 20, 2023

On its logical side, it conceives value in the same way.

From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester)

The trio of scientists who conceived of it say an international coalition could build such a system with existing or soon-to-arrive technology.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

In response, an idea has taken hold that Matisse all but gave up painting in order “to carve” with color, as he conceived of it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

As they were conceived before regulations were introduced in 1991, they said they were part of the generation of children created during sperm donation's "Wild West" period.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

The SunZia project faced a long road to completion with ownership changes, slow permitting processes and major redesigns since it was first conceived in 2006.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

We in Europe are only dwarfs and no nation, ancient or modern, has conceived the art of architecture on such a sublime, great, and imposing style, as the ancient Egyptians.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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

The global policy chief for OpenAI was reportedly involved in conceiving the group.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 21, 2026

But some symptoms are highly suggestive of PCOS, including irregular or missed periods, excessive hair growth on the face and body, acne, weight gain, and difficulty conceiving.

From Slate Sep. 19, 2025

Corinne also has endometriosis, which can make conceiving a child more difficult.

From BBC May 23, 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




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