conception

By the first 1,000 days, we mean the period from conception to a child’s second birthday.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

“I think there’s a conception that people are in so much credit card debt or using their parents’ money” to go to a lot of shows, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

As they celebrate America’s 250th birthday, they are also contemplating the relevance of their orientation to the nation’s conception of itself.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

I think that understanding—that the point of the federal judiciary is to enforce Congress’ conception of what the Constitution means—is a good way to make sense of the cases this term.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

I doubt that I am overstating the case here: our capacity to understand and manipulate human genomes alters our conception of what it means to be “human.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

Glass, 88, is seen as the greatest living US composer and perhaps the most influential in the post-World War II era, shattering long-held linear conceptions of classical music and enthusiastically incorporating non-Western forms.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

The pride of the game was the depth of its conceptions, Fischer contended, not triumph by mechanical means.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady