conceive

"We had hoped we'd conceive naturally, but we'd started trying long before our wedding and it wasn't happening," she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Until, that is, they conceive of a plan to get Lady Jemima to accept Lord Wynstowe as her husband.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 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

It’s one thing to conceive of such a project and another altogether to make it happen — so much technology, compared to, say, mixing paints and choosing a paintbrush.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026

I will paint for him not only the visible universe, but all that he can conceive of nature’s immensity in the womb of this abridged atom.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

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

That’s perhaps because Kaurismäki conceives these sturdy people to be wiser than most about how rare it is to come across someone with matching wounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

"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

Dewey's comments show that he conceives his method to be a restatement, in improved form, of the doctrine of the 'concrete universal.'

From John Dewey's logical theory by Howard, Delton Thomas

I had my last baby at 41, naturally conceived.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Naturally conceived quadruplets are extremely rare, with doctors estimating the odds at about one in 700,000 births.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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

It was only decades later, after taking DNA tests, that it was revealed they were all conceived using the same sperm donor.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

With Beaujoyeulx, Catherine conceived what have come to be accepted as the world’s first formal ballets.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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

Chicago gave credit to Parazaider for conceiving of the band’s distinct instrumentation, and the work ethic that made them stars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

When F1 was conceiving the new engines, the idea was to attract more car manufacturers into the sport, and particularly the Volkswagen Group.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 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

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