conceived
Americanadjective
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having been formed, originated, or expressed.
The manuscript is more a series of anecdotes than a fully conceived novel.
The dinner started with a brilliantly conceived trio of appetizers.
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having come into existence as the product of fertilization.
Scientists continue to study how the single cell of a newly conceived zygote differentiates into the many cells that make up the various body parts of a developing fetus.
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Each element beyond the central character study, which is itself only shallowly conceived, ends up another superfluity in a storm of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
It was here he conceived the idea of sending a lander, named Beagle 2 by his wife, to Mars, where it could study the red planet directly for signs of life.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Halzen, who grew up in Belgium, paid rich tribute to the roughly 450 people across more than a dozen countries who have helped turn an idea he conceived in the late 1980s into reality.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
As a student at the AFI Conservatory, Bonilla had directed a short film version of “The Musical” that writer Alexander Heller, aware of her affinity for comedy, had conceived for Bonilla to direct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
If Adam had conceived thousands of ideas, the way Sam Hamilton had, they might all have drifted away, but he had only the one.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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