preconception
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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
"At the preconception care, patients with premenstrual disorders should be informed about the risk of perinatal depression and potential prevention strategies."
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2024
The team found that women who experienced higher preconception stress had higher mean glucose levels.
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
"Breaking fixed ideas and preconceptions is a big part of our concept," agrees Jurin.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
It prompts us, as we bob about, to reflect on our own proclivities and preconceptions, our patterns of reception and perception.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
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
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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