as in attention
a state of being aware
while strolling in the big city, maintain an awareness of what's going on around you
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Recent Examples of awareness
That approach allows small units to operate independently while maintaining awareness of nearby aerial threats.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 June 2026
By sharing her family’s story online, Arnold hopes to raise awareness about ASMD while also giving people a better understanding of the challenges families of medically complex children face every day.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
Civility takes sustained awareness of oneself and others.
—Ross Channing Reed, The Conversation, 5 June 2026
The health department will reach out to people who test positive to improve awareness of the potentially life-threatening meat allergy from lone star tick bites.
—CBS News, 5 June 2026
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 June 2026
By sharing her family’s story online, Arnold hopes to raise awareness about ASMD while also giving people a better understanding of the challenges families of medically complex children face every day.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
Civility takes sustained awareness of oneself and others.
—Ross Channing Reed, The Conversation, 5 June 2026
The health department will reach out to people who test positive to improve awareness of the potentially life-threatening meat allergy from lone star tick bites.
—CBS News, 5 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for awareness
Noun
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If attention arrives fast, share credit and keep momentum steady by choosing the next clear milestone.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
15 June 2026
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McKay admired how Greenberg, who has devoted his life to drawing attention to the climate crisis, has used every platform at his disposal to magnify the stakes of global warming.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
15 June 2026
Noun
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This is a man who spent more than three months last summer in a Zen monastery learning mindfulness techniques and proprioception awareness.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
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Includes daily yoga and mindfulness classes, in addition to holistic spa services.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Instead, consciousness is an outcome of information processing, and thus in principle it can be generated in any number of physical substrates so long as those substrates can support the requisite informational patterns, structures and computations.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
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The turning off of lights, the closing of curtains, the pulling up of blankets, the loss of consciousness—each piece of the routine felt distinct, and sweet.—
Sarah Miller,
New Yorker,
20 June 2026
Noun
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This is only one of many changes meant to bring the book in line with present teen knowledge.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
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Test your knowledge of the week in news, and take last week’s quiz here.—
Ashley Mowreader,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
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“Awareness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awareness. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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