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
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
Historian David Olusoga, as a heavyweight intellect, will likely face the same preconception struggle as Fry, she says.
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
Federal health officials continue to recommend COVID-19 vaccination to individuals planning to conceive, and stress that the benefits of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine outweigh potential risks of vaccination during preconception or pregnancy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 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
Few are naive enough to think Supreme Court justices have no preconceptions about how a case will go.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
“Ann Lee” as a movie and Ann Lee as a character burst open those preconceptions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
In Arizona, the overhaul started about a decade ago with the closing of underperforming, 6,000-square-foot locations that fit many people’s preconceptions of thrift as “that dark, dirty store on the corner,” O’Neal said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
Does he believe, and act on, intelligence reports, especially those that rub against his preconceptions?
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 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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