conceptual
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I frequently struggle to find the right words to describe the elements weaving together the concrete and the conceptual, so I find it simpler to sum up all that as magic.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Selling her conceptual pieces to gullible consumers, she says, is possible because “Contemporary art is a scam . . . the real art is convincing people you’re making something meaningful and complex.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Deciding to purchase a CD is just a conceptual first step, because CDs need to be shopped.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
This is the best-case scenario, because the problem pushes us in new conceptual directions that often have value far beyond the original problem—and sometimes beyond mathematics itself.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
But all that was required to abolish this conceptual scheme was an insistence on direct as opposed to indirect experience.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing conceptual
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