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conceptual

[kuhn-sep-choo-uhl] / kənˈsɛp tʃu əl /
ADJECTIVE
abstract
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Last July, Centennial Partners issued a conceptual plan for a mixed-use neighborhood of affordable, workforce and market-rate housing, retail stores, health services, open space and connections to public transit.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

It was an old man's challenge to an art scene focused on the young, the cynical and the conceptual.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

“The Mountain” truly feels like an album thanks to its conceptual nature.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

With Dataland, Refik and Erkılıç have constructed a conceptual defense against contemporary cultural anxieties, rejecting the narrative of machine versus human to reframe artificial intelligence as a mirror reflecting civilization.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

In each chapter questions of language are intertwined with direct engagements with nature on the one hand, and with broader conceptual and philosophical questions on the other.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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