in conception
Frequency: 6.05.5 per million words
referring to the original idea or design of something
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Examples (10)
- His work is strikingly fresh in conception.
- The project was brilliant in conception, but flawed in execution.
- The building's design, simple in conception, is remarkably complex.
- The novel was ambitious in conception, spanning three generations.
- The marketing campaign was flawed in conception from the very beginning.
- The software, elegant in conception, aimed to simplify a complicated process.
- The political theory was radical in conception for its time.
- This new recycling system is simple in conception and easy to follow.
- The law, though noble in conception, proved difficult to enforce.
- The sculpture was grand in conception and required a huge team to create.