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dealing with or expressing a quality or idea
conceptual thinking is often the most demanding kind of mental activity
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Recent Examples of conceptual
Matthew Herbert’s Bodily Functions from 2001 is a truly unique album that blends house music with deep conceptual exploration.
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Katie Bain, Billboard, 7 Apr. 2025
True to the firm’s signature approach, many of the items have a distinctly vintage vibe, with color acting as a conceptual through line.
—Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 28 Mar. 2025
In between, his comic stunts blurred the lines of reality and fiction and found a variety of ways to provoke audiences and upend expectations, while doing more than any club performer to expand the conceptual ambition of comedy, turning stand-up into performance art.
—Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The firm also unveiled conceptual designs of the public spaces that Nashville residents will be able to use.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 28 Mar. 2025
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Katie Bain, Billboard, 7 Apr. 2025
True to the firm’s signature approach, many of the items have a distinctly vintage vibe, with color acting as a conceptual through line.
—Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 28 Mar. 2025
In between, his comic stunts blurred the lines of reality and fiction and found a variety of ways to provoke audiences and upend expectations, while doing more than any club performer to expand the conceptual ambition of comedy, turning stand-up into performance art.
—Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The firm also unveiled conceptual designs of the public spaces that Nashville residents will be able to use.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceptual
Adjective
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Legacy power grids, water systems and emergency response networks are no longer theoretical.—
Marty Sprinzen,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Dutch theoretical physicist, now a professor emeritus at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, has spent much of the past half-century reshaping our understanding of the fundamental forces that knit together reality.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
7 Apr. 2025
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In the 19th century, philosophers and poets dabbled with it in the pursuit of metaphysical insights.—
Ella Jeffries,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Apr. 2025
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Beelzebub, however, is nothing but evil incarnate, first appearing as a sort of metaphysical pollution—a writhing black oil-like glob suspended in midair.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2025
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The Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum fills in the gaps, connecting the old world to the new with impressionists and abstract pioneers.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
11 Apr. 2025
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This technology is transforming abstract climate change discussions into concrete, measurable data.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Conceptual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceptual. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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