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"could not conceive of" is a valid phrase in written English.
It is used to express an inability to imagine something, usually something that has a high degree of improbability. For example, "She could not conceive of a world without her beloved pet."
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Many people simply could not conceive of another outcome.
It is likely that he could not conceive of any Poland except a communist one.
At the time, the 30-year-old could not conceive of all she had already lost.
But she could not conceive of an editor being prosecuted for having broken such a convention.
After Fosse died, Mr. Richards said he could not conceive of making "Chicago" without him.
One could not conceive of any action more noble than the one we engaged in.
Most voters could not conceive of him as a plausible prime minister.
The years of her active life were so terrible that she could not conceive of an unscarred planet.
But, de Feydeau continues, Marie Antoinette "could not conceive of going without her coiffeur, so Léonard was informed.
"I could not conceive of chaos breaking out in Eli's huddle," Carr said after Giants practice Thursday.
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The Founders couldn't conceive of Facebook, either.
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