conceiving

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In total, only 12% of people cited infertility - or difficulty conceiving - as a reason for not having the number of children they wanted to.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025

It demands conceiving, sketching, lingering; it demands time.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

There is also research to suggest more women in their late 30s will experience difficulties conceiving than women in their late 20s or early 30s.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025

One thing he learned in these encounters proved especially illuminating when conceiving his spare performance: “Organizational skills, bureaucratic skills and executive skills is what the Vatican looks for,” he points out.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 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