preconceiving

Definition of preconceivingnext
present participle of preconceive
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Verb
  • Boston fans can start thinking about the second round.
    Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • And Kibu is hardly the only company thinking about how to achieve ideal ID verification.
    Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Just five years ago, Bryson Battle was a suburban Charlotte high school senior dreaming about a career in the theater.
    Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Messick, who grew up dreaming of wearing a Rays uniform, continues to be a nightmare for his hometown team.
    Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Local water is also more reliable, even though predicting rain in the Mediterranean climate of Southern California is about as easy as choosing a winning Super Lotto number.
    Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The mountains have a higher probability of precipitation, with weather experts predicting a 20% to 40% chance in the Bogus area.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But the odds of conceiving identical triplets without fertility treatments are more like one in 1,000,000.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The odds of conceiving identical triplets without fertility treatment are closer to 1 in 1,000,000.
    Ryan Brennan April 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The scheme involved pitchers allegedly predetermining the results of prop bets, as outlined in a 23-page indictment unsealed in November.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Kepler devoted much of his career to figuring out optics, and was arguably the first scientific thinker to articulate the difference between seeing and perceiving.
    Rebecca Boyle, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The newly-sighted get better at perceiving differences in color, shape, and size — even if they were treated for their congenital cataracts after years of blindness—but not so much at spotting differences in shading or contours.
    Sachin Rawat, Big Think, 2 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • If that’s true, then the YIMBY activists pushing for zoning reforms around the country are making a terrible mistake, dooming themselves to repeating California’s failed experiment.
    Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Just more than a minute after ignition, the ruptured booster caused the shuttle’s giant external fuel tank to explode, tearing the vehicle to pieces over the ocean and dooming all seven astronauts.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • But dismantling polluting industries, trying to clean up our air and our water, and imagining a health care system not driven by profit would take coordinated, radical restructuring.
    Hannah Kerman, STAT, 29 Apr. 2026
  • And looking at things from different angles and imagining different outcomes is a social worker skill that helps me as a fiction writer.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Preconceiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preconceiving. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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