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conceptual

[kuhn-sep-choo-uhl] / kənˈsɛp tʃu əl /
ADJECTIVE
abstract
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STRONGEST


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So often are these charges true that it can feel shocking when we encounter conceptual work that truly lands, that elevates its subject matter in a way that makes it deeply resonant without preaching.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

I invest a lot of effort in making my albums conceptual, since I’m not into records that are random collections of tracks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

In addition, the museum’s curators tended to be specialized in material culture — collecting and studying the museum’s several million objects and artifacts — rather than in conceptual storytelling.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

And Brian Napier’s works also draw on classicism, though in a more conceptual framework.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

As Muller thought about the future of eugenics and the possibility of altering human genomes, he wondered whether Galton and his collaborators had made a fundamental conceptual error.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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