preconceived

Definition of preconceivednext
past tense of preconceive
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Verb
  • Who needs input when the outcome is predetermined?
    Jon Harris Maurer, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
  • While local leaders attempted to assure the public that result of the study wouldn’t be predetermined, longtime Land Park resident Luree Stetson wasn’t reassured.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • And just hang out with your friends and don’t be afraid of people, because the idea of being perceived all the time is really scary.
    Charlie Harding, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Nationally, Americans have perceived a connection between the rise in gas prices and the conflict in Iran.
    Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Thus the god of the clan, the totemic principle, can be none other than the clan itself, but the clan transfigured and imagined.
    Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026
  • Fire changed human habitation in ways our ancestors could hardly have imagined.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • The purchase seems preordained, given that both Gert-Jan and Corinne, like Pascon and Boccara, are lively and curious intellectuals.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • What wasn’t preordained is just how beautifully executed the entire venture turns out to be.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Construction in the Arizona desert damaged an enormous Indigenous ground etching resembling a fish that is thought to be at least 1,000 years old.
    Jake Spring, Washington Post, 1 May 2026
  • Some thought the Chiefs didn’t get great value for L’Jarius Sneed in the 2024 trade that sent the cornerback to the Titans.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Science, of course, struggles to prove whether that’s predestined in their genes, though some studies suggest that some tendency toward hoarding—put another way, collecting to excess—is heritable.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026
  • At the same time, nothing is predestined.
    Ray Dalio, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • This intimate, meditative museum in Long Island City was conceived and built by Isamu Noguchi himself.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2026
  • Eternally Yours had been conceived and sold as single-camera.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • With an adjournment deadline of midnight Wednesday, Ritter is facing daily disasters and dramas relating to lawmakers clamoring for votes on bills destined to die without their moment on the floor.
    Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
  • That this reunion brought such a vast majority of his grads to push Schwarzman for selfies may mean he’s truly destined to sway the world on a more peaceful path.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 May 2026
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“Preconceived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preconceived. Accessed 8 May. 2026.

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