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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

The big preconception in wrestling is that performers do not get hurt, Annabelle said, but she has the bruises to show this is not the case.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025

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




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