preconceived notion
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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 ● Oct. 13, 2025
Truthfully, I had never been there before until we went to shoot there, so I sort of love that, when I go to a city with very little preconceived notion of the food scene.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2024
“It’s an artistic tool, in a way. When somebody is coming at your music with a preconceived notion, then you have some friction to push against. And that’s artistically enticing.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
Laz Alonso recalled his days as an aspiring actor trying to break into the industry with the preconceived notion that all actors were rich.
From Reuters ● Jul. 4, 2023
But château, in modern French use, is a dangerous word, and even the higher ground did not at all answer our preconceived notion of Hauteville.
From Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine by William Holden Hutton
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