conceive
Example Sentences
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"We had hoped we'd conceive naturally, but we'd started trying long before our wedding and it wasn't happening," she says.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
Until, that is, they conceive of a plan to get Lady Jemima to accept Lord Wynstowe as her husband.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
It’s one thing to conceive of such a project and another altogether to make it happen — so much technology, compared to, say, mixing paints and choosing a paintbrush.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026
If that is the case, along with the latest jobs numbers, it gets difficult “to even conceive of the Fed thinking seriously about cutting rates,” he says.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
I had begun to conceive of what my education might cost me, and I had begun to resent it.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Vocabulary lists containing conceive
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" (1863)
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"The Tell-Tale Heart," Vocabulary from the short story
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