How to Use conceptualize in a Sentence

conceptualize

verb
Definition of conceptualizenext
  • She described her plans to me, but I found them hard to conceptualize.
  • A programmer needs to analyze and conceptualize in order to solve problems.
  • He conceptualizes the family as an economic unit.
  • Cagan says the show was conceptualized in May, written in two months, and then shot over just six days.
    — WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Theo is really the one who sets up our whole setlist for our tours and conceptualizes and creates the whole show.
    — Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The new gym and pool complex took five years to conceptualize and construct.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Aug. 2021
  • The term was coined by Ward Cunningham as a way to conceptualize this idea.
    — Michael Engstler, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
  • How does one conceptualize hair and makeup for a show of this caliber?
    — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 25 Sep. 2019
  • When was that conceptualized, and did recasting the role with Max Charles in the second season have anything to do with it?
    — Amber Dowling, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Caliente spent two days within arm’s reach of the Porsche to conceptualize the design before embarking on the two-week paint job.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 May 2021
  • Nowhere is this difference more visible than in the way that Qur’anic schools—and the men who function in them—are conceptualized.
    — Hadiza Kere Abdulrahman, Quartz Africa, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Even though the great work of SAP has set the corporate tone; there is still a broader approach that is needed to conceptualize change.
    — Jonathan Kaufman, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Cleveland has five picks in the first two rounds, and $100 million in cap space (Sashi Brown’s parting gift to John Dorsey), but going through this helped me conceptualize it.
    — Albert Breer, SI.com, 27 Dec. 2017
  • The longer-term perspective, though, is hard for many to conceptualize.
    — Martin Leo Rivers, Forbes, 15 June 2021
  • Some can't even conceptualize the notion of a single death.
    — Robyn Silverman, CNN, 30 June 2020
  • In the government, a lot of people have done some good work on conceptualizing the problem.
    — WSJ, 13 Mar. 2018
  • As the era of too-much-TV lumbers on, the mystery of how to conceptualize television as a format remains.
    — The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2019
  • The Dove Awards were conceptualized by singer-songwriter Bill Gaither in 1968.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 29 Dec. 2023
  • In school, he was taught about being able to cook and conceptualize culinary concepts.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2021
  • In this case, boys seem to be conceptualizing their aura as a deep presence and self-awareness.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 26 July 2024
  • None of the costumes are rented, so every piece on stage is conceptualized by Costumer Barb Szaro.
    — Catalina Righter, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 29 Aug. 2019
  • For laymen, that kind of data may feel hard to conceptualize, or plainly scary.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 27 July 2023
  • In fact, the most inspired work often blooms from the minds of young up-and-comers who are conceptualizing and producing 100 percent on their own terms.
    — Reese Blutstein, Teen Vogue, 22 May 2018
  • Goldman also had to conceptualize how to show the type of action scenes that are usually ubiquitous in the heist genre.
    — Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 15 June 2021
  • What was your vision for the project and what went into conceptualizing that sonic and visual world?
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 7 May 2024
  • But the horror of what we have been expected to live through, and what we are now expected to leave behind, seems too enormous to conceptualize.
    — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Though there’s much debate as to who conceptualized and patented their dive watch first, there’s no doubt that the need for such a bezel for the French navy impacted the design of one of the world’s most important timepieces.
    — Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 13 June 2024
  • Kenny Gravillis joins the team for the first time to conceptualize the key art for this year’s Oscars marketing campaign.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Though many projects have been conceptualized, only a few have been realized so far.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 12 Sep. 2017
  • This, in turn, yields insights that are of lesser depth and breadth which may result in ideas that are conceptualized at a higher level of abstraction.
    — Tomoko Yokoi, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024

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