conceive
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Asiya Dawood, 42, who's British-Pakistani and lives in West London, says in some South Asian communities, women who don't conceive quickly after marriage "get so many comments".
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Back then, nobody could conceive of humankind being connected by machines that also facilitated our disconnection from each other.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
“Undoubtedly, AI will usher in new tasks and occupations, many of which are impossible for us to conceive of today,” the Fed’s Cook said.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 1, 2026
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 • Feb. 10, 2026
We won her freedom after establishing that she had had a tubal ligation five years prior to her arrest, which made it biologically impossible for her to conceive, let alone give birth to, a child.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.