conception
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But there’s a refreshing absence of nostalgia in Hayakawa’s conception of Fuki and her quizzical processing of her father’s fatal illness.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Religion, or what Mr. Dasgupta refers to as “political theology,” plays an important part in the author’s conception of state formation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Fourteen years after its conception, museumgoers will starting May 1 be able to walk the replica ship's decks, immersed in a giant, wrap-around LED display of star-studded night skies.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
“It changed my entire conception of who I was in the community,” Silva says.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Tristran Thorn approached the gap in the wall, from the Faerie side, for the second time since his conception eighteen years before, with the star limping beside him.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
Vocabulary lists containing conception
Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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"Jane Eyre" -- Chapters I-IV
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