conception
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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
The child's mother was in a lesbian relationship at the time of conception, but not married.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Men are now joining women in obsessing over trimester zero, a coinage referring to the months leading up to conception.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
“Congressman Swalwell and the Findraiser team consulted the House Committee on Ethics on the conception and implementation of the tool every step of the way.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
My conception was still weeks away, but already my parents had begun their slow collision into each other.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Vocabulary lists containing conception
Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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"Jane Eyre" -- Chapters I-IV
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