concrete idea
Example Sentences
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Once you have a concrete idea of the numbers flowing in and out of your accounts monthly, you can apply that tool to open more options, not take some away.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
If he does not have a concrete idea of at what point he’d consider an alternative and shut down the business, ask him to define that.
From Slate • Jun. 23, 2022
These are welcome upgrades, but we won’t have a concrete idea as to how well they perform until we can do an in-depth review.
From The Verge • Sep. 30, 2021
“It’s really hard to maintain that motivation without some concrete idea of when it’s going to pay off,” said Brennan, of Columbia, N.J.
From Washington Post • Aug. 14, 2020
The seashore presented no concrete idea, so Chick preferred to dwell upon the circus, but even that alluring prospect could not hold his attention while so many disturbing things were taking place about him.
From A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan