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preconception

[pree-kuhn-sep-shuhn] / ˌpri kənˈsɛp ʃən /


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With a subject that can be as dark as this, I know some people aren’t ready to hear it or have a preconception of what the show will be.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2026

"People have a preconception about children like Jake and he’s blown that out the water," he said.

From BBC Oct. 9, 2024

The team found that women who experienced higher preconception stress had higher mean glucose levels.

From Science Daily Jan. 4, 2024

“I do know there’s this preconception that the festival is a little more of a film nerd thing,” Huntsinger says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2023

Then there are others where fable, myth, preconception, love, longing, or prejudice step in and so distort a cool, clear appraisal that a kind of high-colored magical confusion takes permanent hold.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Few are naive enough to think Supreme Court justices have no preconceptions about how a case will go.

From Salon Apr. 22, 2026

“I ask the reader,” Mr. Mamdani writes, “to shed certain media-driven preconceptions before reading this book.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 15, 2025

Does he believe, and act on, intelligence reports, especially those that rub against his preconceptions?

From Slate Sep. 26, 2025

I hope this moment helps convince people who had written off “Andor” because of their preconceptions of the “Star Wars” franchise to finally check it out.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2025

In the end, their results fill three thick volumes and, along the way, challenge a lot of preconceptions of what character is.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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