preconceived notion

Example Sentences

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“I wanted people who would look at data without preconceived notions,” he said.

From MarketWatch

“I have no preconceived notions — about anything or anybody, or what their past is and what their NIL money is,” Coyle said.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s an upside for Dyer, too: “It helps that I’m not so plugged in to America’s relationship to the DMV. I don’t have a preconceived notion that people think the place is terrible.”

From Los Angeles Times

Two years later she has signed an contract extension at Jeddah-based Al-Ittihad and wants to challenge preconceived notions from the western world about Saudi Arabia and what life is like for a female athlete.

From BBC

Tillman: I really just allow the page to inform me, you know, try not to have any preconceived notions of where you think it’s going to go and just lean into the circumstances.

From Los Angeles Times