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[kon-sept] / ˈkɒn sɛpt /


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The concept debuted at the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, with figures including the Space Needle and Alweg Monorail, then rolled out in several test markets, including Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

He added: "They had no concept of how bad Scottish weather can be and how unrelenting the wind and rain is."

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

These bands are similar in concept to the electronic band structures that control how electricity travels through semiconductors.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

“When he talks, everyone stops and listens because he’s going to bestow some concept that will change the way they think,” said Rich Caccappolo, vice chairman of media for the Daily Mail General Trust.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

I’m not sure Fly will understand the concept of belief.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

Semantic structure refers to how ideas, words, and concepts are connected within a piece of language.

From Science Daily Jul. 27, 2026

"Our chat book is not a library of books -- it's a library of concepts and ideas and facts," says founder Brian Yang.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

It’s the small details, which we could be here all day enumerating, and the delivery, rather than the big concepts, that bring the show alive.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

At first, he said, he was just trying to explain financial concepts to them and “make things feel less intimidating.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Another philosophy vied with the atomic theory, and instead of posing such bizarre concepts as the infinite vacuum, it turned the universe into a cozy nutshell.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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