preconceived idea
Example Sentences
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"I came without any sort of preconceived idea and I made a point of not reading up about it, I just wanted to take the atmosphere in, and feel it."
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025
"I had a really specific preconceived idea of her," she admitted during our conversation.
From Salon ● May 10, 2023
“They had a preconceived idea, regardless of what evidence was presented, that he was guilty,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021
It’s easy to be seduced into thinking this team won’t be as bad as my preconceived idea of what sort of carnage loomed in 2018, post-reimagination.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2019
It was a preconceived idea by the author that there might be several or more distinct subdivisions into which individuals of shagbark might be placed through the use of macroscopic characters.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association
