preconception
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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
The big preconception in wrestling is that performers do not get hurt, Annabelle said, but she has the bruises to show this is not the case.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
“I think the preconception is that these are self-centered show offs,” Lanteri said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
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
Few are naive enough to think Supreme Court justices have no preconceptions about how a case will go.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 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
Does he believe, and act on, intelligence reports, especially those that rub against his preconceptions?
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2025
The most essential art challenges not just our preconceptions but also our perceptions.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025
Imagine yourself a visitor from some other and quite alien planet, approaching Earth with no preconceptions.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing preconception
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: pre-
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