conception
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The conception meant that the show would need multiple actors playing Scarpetta, with one as the lead of the series.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
The titular hero begins his digressive story with a comic account of his own conception; at his birth his nose is accidentally smashed by the “man-midwife,” Dr. Slop.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
The plaintiffs advanced a different conception of heightened scrutiny.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026
She has already begun explaining his conception to him using language she describes as "simple but honest".
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026
In a single blinding pulse, a moment of glory much too swift and expansive for any form of words, the singularity assumes heavenly dimensions, space beyond conception.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
