How to Use conceptual in a Sentence

conceptual

adjective
  • The plans have both conceptual and practical difficulties.
  • But this move comes at a conceptual cost.
    — Conor Feehly, Big Think, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Some of the things were very conceptual.
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
  • But so far none of these ideas has moved beyond a conceptual stage.
    — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 18 Sep. 2020
  • But what if all these works were more than just conceptual gambits?
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • And many of the projects are still in the conceptual phase and have not even begun to be built.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2023
  • But his conceptual skill isn’t matched by his writing of scenes.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2023
  • This isn’t conceptual it’s been proven.
    — Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Yosef is a painter and conceptual artist who has won multiple awards for his work.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 6 July 2023
  • That’s when math gets harder and more conceptual.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 5 Nov. 2025
  • This is a bit conceptual, but the salt marshes protect us.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The next phase of the project will be 18 months of conceptual planning.
    — Anna Bauman, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2019
  • Could we have been roped in to a conceptual performance?
    — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Maybe Nat’s new life was also a work of art, in some strange, sweet, conceptual sense.
    — James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • That was not so much a creative failure on our parts but a conceptual failure.
    — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2023
  • This can allow the creative team to spend more time on the conceptual aspects of their work.
    — Nick Leighton, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • But a glowing plant might be the set of conceptual training wheels that eases the way there.
    — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The famous conceptual artist worked in many mediums and may be best known for his wall drawings.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Maybe less conceptual freedom, but more freedom to take risks.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
  • How much of your music is considered in this sort of conceptual way?
    — Ryan Reed, SPIN, 6 Jan. 2023
  • What was your conceptual idea of the NFL and how that changed?
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 10 Sep. 2018
  • In the art world, the conceptual move that rebrands supposed trash as art isn’t quite so simple.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022
  • This conceptual model continued to feed the field of itch for decades.
    — Katherine Harmon Courage, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2020
  • But the creator quickly gave up the act and revealed a conceptual bent to the channel.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 23 July 2025
  • Where the new name is explicit and matter of fact, the new logo is more conceptual.
    — oregonlive, 14 June 2021
  • The process is more conceptual than a precise science, Burke says.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022
  • What of the gap that was not at all conceptual, but real, the one that kept me from hefting a local mattress?
    — Scott Korb, Longreads, 26 May 2020
  • The project is conceptual now and will move into the planning and designing stage next.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 20 Jan. 2022
  • An initial hearing on the conceptual plans will take place on May 4.
    — Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2022
  • Project specifics are still conceptual at this point, and a rezone doesn’t mean the city approves of all elements.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 May 2022

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