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conceptual

[kuhn-sep-choo-uhl] / kənˈsɛp tʃu əl /
ADJECTIVE
abstract
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STRONGEST


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But first, those who bet on Polymarket that the Surge would return to a conceptual lead item on March 21 can collect their winnings.

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026

Loren is the founding editor of the art and literary conceptual ‘tabloid’ On The Rag and curator of the reading series Casual Encountersz.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

While generative AI can produce smooth, convincing language, it does not yet demonstrate the same level of conceptual understanding.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

The few other highlights in the show are overwhelmed by a surfeit of lifeless abstractions, eye-glazing prints and vacuous conceptual works.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

But in the early 1800s, it seemed as if the entire field of heredity and embryogenesis had reached a conceptual impasse.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee