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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
The market may be consolidating, but the work itself is expanding in conceptual risk.
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Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026
Etymology and conceptual evolution The origin of the term omertà has been variously interpreted.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 May 2026
Darnielle says Days originally began as a conceptual follow-up to the Mountain Goats’ beloved 2017 album Goths and bore the intentionally goofy working title Grunges.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 13 May 2026
Enthralled by Felipe Rose, a go-go boy decked out in Native American regalia at the Anvil, a notorious gay Manhattan disco, Morali applied that approach to his next conceptual act, Village People.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
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Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026
Etymology and conceptual evolution The origin of the term omertà has been variously interpreted.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 May 2026
Darnielle says Days originally began as a conceptual follow-up to the Mountain Goats’ beloved 2017 album Goths and bore the intentionally goofy working title Grunges.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 13 May 2026
Enthralled by Felipe Rose, a go-go boy decked out in Native American regalia at the Anvil, a notorious gay Manhattan disco, Morali applied that approach to his next conceptual act, Village People.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceptual
Adjective
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Early explorations of the theme included self-portraits EXPORT made in male drag, as well as forays in poetry and theoretical feminist texts.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
15 May 2026
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But the new one is no longer theoretical.—
Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Mercifully, those connections are not forged across time and space; all three stories remain discrete, never approaching a moment of grandiose metaphysical convergence.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Conversations might turn to metaphysical issues or charitable activities.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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Na sits in the corner of a Côte d’Azur waterfront lounge on a glorious midday, the sky an almost abstract blue.—
Joshua Rothkopf,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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And this sense of mutual alienation, of being neither here nor there, that Franny and Elliott live with suggests that the political is no longer seen from a potentially abstract place and finally bleeds into realm of the personal.—
Lé Baltar,
IndieWire,
17 May 2026
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“Conceptual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceptual. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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