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.
• Like many half-truths, the conception of Chardonnay as perennially oaky has endured.
  — Lettie Teague, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2022
• Each player has his own religious outlook, but shares Wilkins’s conception of jazz as a conduit for worship.
  — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2022
• For us, being able to prevent the conception of a child with SMA was an acceptable line.
  — refinery29.com, 11 Feb. 2022
• And that's actually a very boring conception of what happiness is.
  — Noella Williams, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Feb. 2022
• More often than not, though, Ward’s examples don’t fit into his neat conception of AI as a force for evil.
  — Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2022
• That said, the aesthetic of this show is so powerful, the songs so fascinating, the conception so rich, you’ll be fully engaged.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 3 Mar. 2022
• The whole project, from conception to a soft rollout on January 18 (a day earlier than announced), was completed in three weeks.
  — Steven Levy, Wired, 28 Jan. 2022
• The chapter on roots, to cite one example, focuses on Weil’s distinction between rights and needs—a distinction that goes to the heart of her conception of justice.
  — Robert Zaretsky, The New York Review of Books, 10 Feb. 2022
• In contrast to the popular conception of creativity as a divine bolt from the blue, Fennec ascribes to a different theory.
  — Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2022
• In Anker’s conception, freedom would comport seamlessly with the progressive Left’s ambitions.
  — David Harsanyi, National Review, 14 Feb. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The pair even called on friends and family to help bring their wedding vision to life from conception to set up the morning of.
  — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2024
• The fragility of conception isn’t a bug but a feature of this cinematic soap bubble of a dreamy wonder.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024