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[kon-sept] / ˈkɒn sɛpt /


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In the book, Kusama explained her concept of "self-obliteration" -- a recurrent theme throughout her career.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

She released her version in 1980 as part of a concept album hailing blue-collar workers that was a companion to her hit film “9 to 5.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

This concept, known as antagonistic pleiotropy, was proposed by biologist Peter Medawar in 1952 as an explanation for aspects of aging.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

"There is this concept of relation. There could also be a sense of comparison as well."

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

The one in The Wiz is yellow, but same concept, right?

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

Math and science faculty said first-year students were arriving in UC classrooms unprepared and many needed to learn middle school math concepts.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Language, on the other hand, dates back only about a hundred millennia, a shorthand humans created to process and relay concepts great and small.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

NWR’s high concepts and their abrasive execution don’t always coalesce.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

Many women say social media introduced them to concepts such as cycle syncing and the different phases of the menstrual cycle.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Really they were more like our masterpieces, because I was the one who gave him some of the concepts for where and how to write his tag.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds




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