preconception
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"What we're trying to get away from is that preconception that migraine is just a very bad headache."
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
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
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 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
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Few are naive enough to think Supreme Court justices have no preconceptions about how a case will go.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
She adds: "Until people can see someone who looks like them in a role, preconceptions are difficult to shift."
From BBC ● Mar. 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
Does he believe, and act on, intelligence reports, especially those that rub against his preconceptions?
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2025
Thou shalt have no preconceptions about what is inside the practice rock but shall wait for the rock to tell thee directly.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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Vocabulary lists containing preconception
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: pre-
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