conceive
Example Sentences
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She wanted to make sure chemotherapy wouldn’t jeopardize her ability to conceive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 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
“It is hard to conceive of a scenario where diesel prices aren’t sky-high and aren’t impacting inflation across the U.S.”
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
It’s entirely possible — as hard as it may be to conceive in these deeply tribal, us-vs.-them times — for two competing notions to be true.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
It had been difficult for us to conceive a child.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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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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