conceived
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Halzen, who grew up in Belgium, paid rich tribute to the roughly 450 people across more than a dozen countries who have helped turn an idea he conceived in the late 1980s into reality.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Thankfully, violence has been pushed to the periphery of most societies to a degree ancient and medieval people never conceived possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Originally conceived as a $23-billion bond measure that the Legislature would approve to go before voters in November, it was whittled down to $12 billion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Audrey describes the moment they met at a gathering for donor conceived activists in 2010 as "love at first sight" - but was this connection a romantic or genetic attraction?
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Our last child, conceived in happiness at a time when the river of our lives ran gently, had been taken from us; I knew too well what he felt.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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