There was much about him that coincided with my previous conceptions.

This alone was a major scientific find which challenged previous conceptions of chimp diet and behavior.

Again he found her features differed from his previous conception of feminine beauty.

All the previous conceptions in traumatology and orthopedics were upended by this discovery.

It indicated police connivance on a scale beyond any previous conception that he had had of danger.

Many critics preferred the earlier film and the original novel, implying that the story lacked the heart of its previous conceptions.

Because, on paper, I was beyond all previous conceptions of rich; it was just a matter of waiting for my options to vest.

This ongoing experiment has shown that in non-linguistic creatures brilliant and rapid thinking does occur despite our previous conceptions of animal communication.

Be abnormally suspicious, but hold beyond all your previous conceptions on anything you decide to do.

His transformation forces him to reexamine his previous conceptions of gender roles and his own sexuality.