conceptual
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Disillusioned by painting around 1913, Duchamp employed these objects to shift art from optical pleasure to conceptual provocation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
When she came to “Rooster,” she said, Cristle was a conceptual kernel she teased into a labyrinth.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
But her invention, patented in 1919 although not manufactured in her lifetime, was a conceptual breakthrough.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Architect E. Sung Yi, partner-in-charge at Morphosis, described the project as still in its conceptual phase, with a timeline dependent entirely on fundraising.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
In astronomy this is true; but in all the other fields of scientific enquiry the word consolidates a conceptual revolution.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing conceptual
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