conceived

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Conceived about 15 years ago, NU-9 emerged as part of Silverman's multi-year effort to discover a small molecule compound that could prevent toxic protein aggregate buildup in neurodegenerative diseases.

From Science Daily • Dec. 22, 2025

Conceived under President Dwight Eisenhower and greenlit in the early months of President John F. Kennedy’s administration, the aim was to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025

Conceived as something for children who had outgrown Watch with Mother, its survival was resting on the fact it was cheap to make.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

Conceived by silent film star Mary Pickford, the Motion Picture and Television Fund was founded in 1921 to care for people in the entertainment industry who had fallen on hard times.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025

Conceived in superciliousness and swaddled in preciosity, it is one of the sins I now strive hardest to expiate.

From The Book of Susan A Novel by Dodd, Lee Wilson