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
Rarely is there much conceptual overlap between the categories of pedant and genius.
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Clare Bucknell,
The New York Review of Books,
27 June 2026
But any correspondence between string theory and experiment is gratifying to Vafa, who has spent the past four decades trying to wrest the theory from the purely conceptual realm to the point of generating testable predictions.
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Quanta Magazine,
22 June 2026
Noah Rubin Rubin and his colleagues first proposed the design for this camera in a previous conceptual paper.
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IEEE Spectrum,
18 June 2026
Among this year’s recipients are sculptor and installation artists Kelly Akashi; performance artist Ei Arakawa-Nash, who is representing Japan at this year’s Venice Biennale; conceptual artist Alex Da Corte; and multidisciplinary artist Candice Lin.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
18 June 2026
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Clare Bucknell,
The New York Review of Books,
27 June 2026
But any correspondence between string theory and experiment is gratifying to Vafa, who has spent the past four decades trying to wrest the theory from the purely conceptual realm to the point of generating testable predictions.
—
Quanta Magazine,
22 June 2026
Noah Rubin Rubin and his colleagues first proposed the design for this camera in a previous conceptual paper.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
18 June 2026
Among this year’s recipients are sculptor and installation artists Kelly Akashi; performance artist Ei Arakawa-Nash, who is representing Japan at this year’s Venice Biennale; conceptual artist Alex Da Corte; and multidisciplinary artist Candice Lin.
—
News Desk,
Artforum,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceptual
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When people see that scams can be built around them specifically, security habits stop feeling theoretical and start feeling necessary.
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After machine learning identified promising candidates, researchers verified them through theoretical calculations before synthesizing and experimentally confirming the materials.
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In both the real and metaphysical locations of the show, the backgrounds are all painted by hand, something which was pointed out took up a lot of time due to the number of paintings in the show and due to the number of montages.
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In the 18th century Samuel Johnson coined the term metaphysical poets to criticize Donne, John Cleveland, and Abraham Cowley.
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In the June 23 Section A, the obituary for Greenspan said that he was married briefly to abstract artist Joan Mitchell.
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Instead of abstract phishing examples, show employees how much of their own digital footprint is publicly available and how easily fraudsters can turn it into a convincing fake profile, email or message.
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“Conceptual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceptual. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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