How to Use conceptual in a Sentence

conceptual

adjective
  • The plans have both conceptual and practical difficulties.
  • And many of the projects are still in the conceptual phase and have not even begun to be built.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2023
  • But conceptual plans from three years ago for the site called for a 20- to 30-story high-rise.
    — Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2021
  • But a glowing plant might be the set of conceptual training wheels that eases the way there.
    — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • This can allow the creative team to spend more time on the conceptual aspects of their work.
    — Nick Leighton, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Tom Burr is a conceptual artist who was born in New Haven and still lives and works in Connecticut.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2025
  • In the art world, the conceptual move that rebrands supposed trash as art isn’t quite so simple.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022
  • But so far none of these ideas has moved beyond a conceptual stage.
    — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The conceptual show dates back to 2003 and the old Goodman Theatre on Columbus Drive.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 9 June 2021
  • But his conceptual skill isn’t matched by his writing of scenes.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2023
  • What of the gap that was not at all conceptual, but real, the one that kept me from hefting a local mattress?
    — Scott Korb, Longreads, 26 May 2020
  • Yosef is a painter and conceptual artist who has won multiple awards for his work.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 6 July 2023
  • But in conceptual and tonal terms, the two are very similar.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
  • While still in the conceptual stage, the next step is to draw up final plans, according to Nelson.
    — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Scott has the same kind of aversion to conceptual fashion.
    — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The famous conceptual artist worked in many mediums and may be best known for his wall drawings.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Where the new name is explicit and matter of fact, the new logo is more conceptual.
    — oregonlive, 14 June 2021
  • The project is conceptual now and will move into the planning and designing stage next.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 20 Jan. 2022
  • While most of the car is conceptual, BMW said some features will start arriving in 2025.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 5 Jan. 2023
  • An initial hearing on the conceptual plans will take place on May 4.
    — Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2022
  • The process is more conceptual than a precise science, Burke says.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Then comes a third project, by the conceptual artist Jenny Holzer, with a brisk assessment of the state of affairs.
    — Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Project specifics are still conceptual at this point, and a rezone doesn’t mean the city approves of all elements.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 May 2022
  • The project is in the conceptual design stage, but with proper funding could begin surveying the sky around the middle of the decade.
    — Charlie Wood, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2020
  • At the May 10 meeting, Ogden will seek support for the conceptual plan.
    — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2022
  • At the time, painting was allegedly dead (one of its all-too-regular deaths) and the focus was on the conceptual.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • This conceptual model continued to feed the field of itch for decades.
    — Katherine Harmon Courage, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2020
  • That was not so much a creative failure on our parts but a conceptual failure.
    — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The initial development agreement for the town center was approved back in 2006, long before the project had a conceptual site plan.
    — James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2025
  • What other city can claim to be the incubator for a pope, a former U.S. president and a conceptual Sufjan Stevens album?
    — Ashley Brown, NPR, 9 May 2025

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