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preconception

[pree-kuhn-sep-shuhn] / ˌpri kənˈsɛp ʃən /


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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

“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

“I do know there’s this preconception that the festival is a little more of a film nerd thing,” Huntsinger says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023

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

Lennon acknowledged the "narrative of our city" had already changed significantly since the early days of the peace process, but he added the Fleadh has been "transformational" in dismantling preconceptions about Belfast.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Few are naive enough to think Supreme Court justices have no preconceptions about how a case will go.

From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026

“Ann Lee” as a movie and Ann Lee as a character burst open those preconceptions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 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

Absurd perhaps, but variants of this explanation in less transparent contexts might carry considerable force for people with strong enough preconceptions.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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