conceit
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Here, Tuason cleverly lifts a conceit from “The Ring,” where a cursed videotape gave the viewer seven days to live after popping it into the VCR.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
The series stakes its ground in the time-honored, time-worn conceit of clashing personalities forced to work side by side.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
For all the arguments against his central conceit, Mr. Dalrymple has written a spirited and valuable book.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
The conceit sounds simple today: Kids are given a small plastic key, for which they insert in a box near an installation and then are regaled with music and a short nursery rhyme or folktale.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
In his expression Mrs. Johnson saw, or imagined she saw, not gratitude but arrogance, and, in place of pride, immense conceit.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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