as in theoretical
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
One Japanese economist runs a conceptual clock that counts down to his country’s final child: the current readout is January 5, 2720.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Thankfully, my mother held on to a majority of my childhood relics, including handwritten movie reviews, conceptual magazines, comics and lots of artwork — all tinged with my angsty ’90s spirit.
—Jennifer Sodini, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025
The conceptual work begins with Bamford in her home talking to herself, then performing for just her husband, only to then begin cutting in and out of spaces, including an outdoor restaurant, bowling alley, and red-curtained, then glimmering, velvet-curtained theater stage.
—Will Digravio, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
This synergy offers artists new platforms of visibility and allows fashion to explore deeper conceptual dimensions.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 21 Feb. 2025
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Thankfully, my mother held on to a majority of my childhood relics, including handwritten movie reviews, conceptual magazines, comics and lots of artwork — all tinged with my angsty ’90s spirit.
—Jennifer Sodini, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025
The conceptual work begins with Bamford in her home talking to herself, then performing for just her husband, only to then begin cutting in and out of spaces, including an outdoor restaurant, bowling alley, and red-curtained, then glimmering, velvet-curtained theater stage.
—Will Digravio, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
This synergy offers artists new platforms of visibility and allows fashion to explore deeper conceptual dimensions.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceptual
Adjective
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Innovation should be practical and actionable, not just theoretical.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Here's How To Remove Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' The Next Steps for Finding Answers Scientists have identified several theoretical ways that microplastics could contribute to cancer.—
Claire Bugos,
Verywell Health,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But the sequences are also meant to be dream visions, metaphysical and cinematic escapes into an alternate dimension full of exquisite grandiosity and grace.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 Jan. 2025
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The movie is a metaphysical mystery, a sort of American gothic in which a warm and inviting old suburban house becomes the shivery site of a haunting, a confinement, and a menace.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The pair tested their approach on the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus (ARC-AGI), an unbeaten visual benchmark created in 2019 by machine learning researcher François Chollet to test AI systems' abstract reasoning skills.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
6 Mar. 2025
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Each shot looks like a page out of a cursed tome of twisted, postmodern fairy tales, the images forbidding and slightly abstract.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Conceptual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceptual. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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