preconception
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She urged women who’ve dealt with issues like anxiety, depression or bipolar disorder to make preconception and pregnancy appointments with care providers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
With a subject that can be as dark as this, I know some people aren’t ready to hear it or have a preconception of what the show will be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Historian David Olusoga, as a heavyweight intellect, will likely face the same preconception struggle as Fry, she says.
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
The study also found that women of higher socioeconomic status had higher levels of preconception stress and blood glucose levels during their pregnancy.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2024
Then there are others where fable, myth, preconception, love, longing, or prejudice step in and so distort a cool, clear appraisal that a kind of high-colored magical confusion takes permanent hold.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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It prompts us, as we bob about, to reflect on our own proclivities and preconceptions, our patterns of reception and perception.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Few are naive enough to think Supreme Court justices have no preconceptions about how a case will go.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
She adds: "Until people can see someone who looks like them in a role, preconceptions are difficult to shift."
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
“I ask the reader,” Mr. Mamdani writes, “to shed certain media-driven preconceptions before reading this book.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
Imagine yourself a visitor from some other and quite alien planet, approaching Earth with no preconceptions.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Vocabulary lists containing preconception
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: pre-
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