preconceived
Example Sentences
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Villarreal: You’re working opposite Jacob Elordi, and I think a lot of people come in with preconceived notions about maybe who he is as an actor based on his past work.
From Los Angeles Times
While a paper’s methodology could be more or less rigorous, and data could be tortured into fitting preconceived conclusions, the falsification of an entire study was extraordinary.
“I wanted people who would look at data without preconceived notions,” he said.
From MarketWatch
“I have no preconceived notions — about anything or anybody, or what their past is and what their NIL money is,” Coyle said.
From Los Angeles Times
There’s an upside for Dyer, too: “It helps that I’m not so plugged in to America’s relationship to the DMV. I don’t have a preconceived notion that people think the place is terrible.”
From Los Angeles Times
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