conceit
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Here, Tuason cleverly lifts a conceit from “The Ring,” where a cursed videotape gave the viewer seven days to live after popping it into the VCR.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
Advocates of administrative tribunals claim they’re more efficient than federal courts, but the Ross case belies this conceit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
The conceit sounds simple today: Kids are given a small plastic key, for which they insert in a box near an installation and then are regaled with music and a short nursery rhyme or folktale.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
Perhaps that anxiety is why the hive mind conceit dominated these last 12 months, whether in our thoughts, on TV or at the movies.
From Salon • Dec. 29, 2025
Humbleness is in order; there is no excuse for scientific conceit here.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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