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
Meanwhile, friends, family and strangers are working rigorously to raise awareness about her case, many sharing about her with hashtags #helpfindkada and #kadascott.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Some of these changemakers work to raise awareness of the mental health burdens of the illness, others elevate standards of care for pregnant people, and still others try to bring essential resources to countries with limited health-care availability.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
EagleEye builds upon Anduril’s ongoing work with the US Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) and Soldier Borne Mission Command–Architecture (SBMC-A) programs, mixed-reality platforms that enhance situational awareness and decision-making in combat environments.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Ghost, who will turn two on October 27, was born blind and deaf due to bad breeding practices, which his owners are working to raise awareness of.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for awareness
Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Some of these changemakers work to raise awareness of the mental health burdens of the illness, others elevate standards of care for pregnant people, and still others try to bring essential resources to countries with limited health-care availability.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
EagleEye builds upon Anduril’s ongoing work with the US Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) and Soldier Borne Mission Command–Architecture (SBMC-A) programs, mixed-reality platforms that enhance situational awareness and decision-making in combat environments.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Ghost, who will turn two on October 27, was born blind and deaf due to bad breeding practices, which his owners are working to raise awareness of.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for awareness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awareness
Noun
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If the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel holds, where will The Free Press focus the majority of its editorial attention?—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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White working-class people in struggling Rust Belt communities have gotten a great deal of media attention in a partisan context in recent years.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Beyond the basics, regular physical activity, mindfulness and yoga can also help.—
Faye Chiu,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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To stay grounded, Stueland practices mindfulness and prioritizes exercise.—
Harriet Taylor,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Though Maggie is writing a paper about virtue signalling, the script doesn’t seem to be able to give her a consciousness that is aware of it.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
10 Oct. 2025
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In 2014, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge went mega-viral online, giving the disease one of its first pushes into the global consciousness since baseball legend Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with the disease in 1939.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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The Capital Market Authority has asked several companies planning IPOs in the coming months to allocate 30% of the shares on offer to retail investors, three people with knowledge of the plans said.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Whether the projects were promoting Indigenous languages to better understand their food cultures or sustainably tending local ecosystems, grant reviewers found a constant in their peers’ embrace of past cultural knowledge to solve today’s problems.—
Fortune,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Awareness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awareness. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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