conceptions

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But the two statesmen had different conceptions of governance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

These aspirations speak to customers’ greatest desires, their dreams for the future, and their conceptions of who they are and who they strive to be.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Glass, 88, is seen as the greatest living US composer and perhaps the most influential in the post-World War II era, shattering long-held linear conceptions of classical music and enthusiastically incorporating non-Western forms.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Twenty-four paintings spanned the working life of the “bad boy” who died at age 38 in 1610, after reinventing conceptions of what a painting could be.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Nazism and Lysenkoism were based on dramatically opposed conceptions of heredity—but the parallels between the two movements are striking.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee