preconception
Example Sentences
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"People have a preconception about children like Jake and he’s blown that out the water," he said.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024
“I think the preconception is that these are self-centered show offs,” Lanteri said.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024
Future research can investigate additional variables like sleep quality or neighborhood safety as well as the effect of preconception stress on the baby's health.
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
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