conception
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To investigate these concerns, researchers examined whether accidental exposure to GLP-1 medications around conception was associated with complications during pregnancy.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
The current Oval Office has existed since the early 1930s, after its conception by President Franklin D Roosevelt.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
That conception of Elvis has also faded in recent years, in no small part thanks to Baz Luhrmann’s glitzy, campy 2022 biopic.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
This is evident in their conception of the role of the state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Was death merely a return to the womb of mother earth, or did they have some conception of the beyond?
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
Over centuries, similar conceptions of alien harbors grew in the minds of mystics and scientists, sometimes leading to fatal clashes with dominant religious doctrines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
But TV had never seen anything quite like the Krofft shows, with its Day-Glo aesthetic, crazy conceptions and combination of puppets, costume puppets and costumed human characters into a half-hour comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
These aspirations speak to customers’ greatest desires, their dreams for the future, and their conceptions of who they are and who they strive to be.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 27, 2026
For Xi, the party’s earlier conceptions of a multiethnic China were too weak a foundation for building a modern nation-state, according to Oidtmann.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
The poets of the Elder Edda seem to have had conceptions greater than their skill to put them into words.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Vocabulary lists containing conception
Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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"Jane Eyre" -- Chapters I-IV
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