How to Use conception in a Sentence

conception

noun

• They have a clear conception of how the process works.
• They have very different conceptions of the proper role of government.
• He directed the project from conception to production.
• Socialism is grounded upon a conception of human beings which is, in a word, false.
  — Samuel Gregg, National Review, 12 July 2021
• The features of a future landscape filled with bespoke molecules are beyond conception.
  — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 27 June 2021
• Perhaps the root of the issue is that people with disabilities are rarely involved in the conception of clothing designed for them.
  — Anna Haines, Forbes, 24 June 2021
• In the Season 2 premiere, Stacey wants to make her husband a father, but at her age conception is a challenge.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2021
• Everyone starts with a random combination of their parents’ genes that are fixed at conception and remain unchanged from that day forward.
  — Philipp Koellinger, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2021
• The law requires doctors to perform ultrasounds to check for a heartbeat in the fetus, which can typically be detected about six weeks after conception.
  — Meg Kinnard, Star Tribune, 14 July 2021
• More than 80 others don’t know the identity of their biological father but have discovered it’s not the man whose sperm was supposed to be used in their conception.
  — Washington Post, 30 July 2021
• The country offers lower costs and a simplified process for prospective parents, including parental rights from conception, without court proceedings.
  — Lili Rutai, The Dial, 7 Jan. 2025
• Arguably, no other single work of literature has done more to establish our modern conception of Santa Clause.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
• The movie in its conception and even from the script stage was always a wild ride.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2023
• Has your conception of what the genre is and what it can be shifted over the years?
  — Christopher Byrd, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2022
• Artist conception of the James Webb Space Telescope in space.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2021
• Given the ways the world has changed over the past five years, has your conception of populism changed as well?
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 July 2021
• Just the fact that in the 1930s, the conception was this idea of a medical exam, which was this kind of strip test.
  — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 1 Aug. 2024
• His Tips of the Day are a prick’s conception of what a nice person is supposed to act like.
  — Luke O'Neil, Esquire, 5 Jan. 2018
• The look of the films is something that can’t be determined a priori of the rest of its conception.
  — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 16 Apr. 2018
• They were involved in the conception and the ideas and the execution.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 June 2022
• Many people had the conception that a library was racks and racks of books and tables and chairs.
  — Lynn Horsley, kansascity, 11 Jan. 2018
• This conception hits the nail on the head of what the modern jewelry client is seeking.
  — Marley Gifford, Town & Country, 31 Oct. 2022
• My life had value from the moment of conception and so do all lives.
  — Amy Simonson, CNN, 14 Mar. 2022
• The third week after conception, all the organs are already there, even the DNA. . . .
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 20 Sep. 2021
• There were a lot of parts where the song changed a lot from my initial conception through the actual singing process.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 5 July 2023
• Twitter, in his conception, would be a true marketplace of ideas, a place where the wisdom of crowds would push the cream to the top.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 21 Mar. 2023
• The world only exists in your eyes—your conception of it.
  — F. Scott Fitzgerald, Esquire, 7 Mar. 2017
• But the character, in our conception of her, has a lot of things going on.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2021
• Most people have some kind of hazy conception of how the stock market works.
  — Bloomberg.com, 27 July 2017
• As much as Eggers reverses the film, his conception of Orlok and the world of 1838 coastal Baltic Germany, in which his film is set, meant his vampire would look quite different.
  — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 2 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 3 Feb 2025