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[kon-sept] / ˈkɒn sɛpt /


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“I was told it wouldn’t work, but that just made me more determined to prove that a focused concept would work.”

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

“At the time, everyone liked the concept, but said it couldn’t happen.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

"In our family, we use this concept in normal life as well," he says.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

“That led us to create this vertical concept, which takes the core ingredients that we believe make our single-family model special, and we have essentially urbanized that in a vertical format,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Since we have a concept of an infinite perfect being in our minds, Descartes then argued that this infinite and perfect being—God—must exist.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

He showed Bancel scientific abstracts mapping out new mRNA concepts in cancer biology.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

The signings of technical, deep-lying midfielders aid these overarching concepts.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

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

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

Simpson said he had begun to “put the puzzle pieces together,” marrying concepts with lessons learned watching Stafford and Bennett.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

“The concepts of sympathy are not entirely easy to grasp. But underneath everything there remain three simple laws.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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