conceive of
Example Sentences
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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
A sheep who can’t conceive of death, let alone accept that humans would want to murder and eat her entire flock, might as well be fodder.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
It has massive implications for how we conceive of ourselves.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
One thing aging and fascism have in common is that it’s hard to conceive of them until you’re personally affected.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Poverty was a gleaming thing; she could not conceive of poor people being vicious or nasty because their poverty had canonized them, and the greatest saints were the foreign poor.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
