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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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This structured approach ensures that conceptual strategies are not just abstract ideas but are operationalized holistically throughout the organization.
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Thomas Lim, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
For more than a decade, Bea Interiors Design has offered a full range of services including conceptual design, custom furniture and finishes, project coordination, art procurement and installation, and lighting and furniture design.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2025
But officials have shelved early, more ambitious conceptual features, partly because of environmental limitations.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Her approach is deeply textured, merging the decorative excess of Rococo with conceptual contemporary art.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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Thomas Lim, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
For more than a decade, Bea Interiors Design has offered a full range of services including conceptual design, custom furniture and finishes, project coordination, art procurement and installation, and lighting and furniture design.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2025
But officials have shelved early, more ambitious conceptual features, partly because of environmental limitations.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Her approach is deeply textured, merging the decorative excess of Rococo with conceptual contemporary art.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceptual
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The theoretical ways drugs can affect heat tolerance are well-known, but there haven't been enough systematic analyses looking at how, and at what levels, and for whom drugs affect heat tolerance, says Yorgi Mavros, a heat expert at The University of Sydney.—
Alejandra Borunda,
NPR,
30 July 2025
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The doctrine of communication by conduct is not merely a theoretical construct.—
Majeed Javdani,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Vendors will offer beads, minerals, gemstones, custom jewelry, fossils, artifacts, and metaphysical stones.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 July 2025
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This exchange happens near the beginning of The Stone Door, Leonora Carrington’s metaphysical novel of the Second World War, in a dream of her nameless narrator.—
Celia Bell
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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While business leaders understand that activating AI is a significant effort, their understanding tends to be abstract.—
Patrick Moorhead,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Editor’s tip: Browse the property’s private art collection, including abstract works by Jordi Boldó and black-and-white images by the contemporary photographer Graciela Iturbide.—
Michaela Trimble,
Vogue,
13 July 2025
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“Conceptual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceptual. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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