conceive
Example Sentences
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The acquisition of the county beaches was first conceived by Marcia Hanscom, director of Los Angeles Coast Forever!, a nonprofit that has advocated for federal management of the fragile ecosystem for years.
From Los Angeles Times
"It's extremely striking and very exciting that the data seem to suggest that apes, in their minds, can conceive of things that are not there," Bastos said.
From Science Daily
She’s learned to conceive her pieces considering that in his movies real water, mud, snow and fake blood might be in play.
From Los Angeles Times
That will change, of course, or this will be one of television’s most radically conceived shows.
From Los Angeles Times
Some of the sillier visualizations of heaven seem chosen to prove that filmmakers, no less than regular people, struggle to conceive its particulars.
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