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
In a Facebook post, Pasamanick said that people should share the video of the attack to raise awareness.
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Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has partnered with CNN to drive awareness and education around key sustainability issues and to inspire positive action.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Rajabali’s training is part of a broader effort at the Hurst-Euless-Bedford school district to increase awareness of and knowledge about cardiac emergencies.
—Ciara McCarthy 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
Killings related to domestic violence are making headlines and families and friends of the victims are speaking out in an effort to bring awareness to these incidents that are happening too frequently.
—Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has partnered with CNN to drive awareness and education around key sustainability issues and to inspire positive action.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Rajabali’s training is part of a broader effort at the Hurst-Euless-Bedford school district to increase awareness of and knowledge about cardiac emergencies.
—Ciara McCarthy 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
Killings related to domestic violence are making headlines and families and friends of the victims are speaking out in an effort to bring awareness to these incidents that are happening too frequently.
—Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for awareness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awareness
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While the 77th Annual Emmy Awards embraced nostalgia with attention to classics like The Golden Girls and Gilmore Girls, it was once again dominated by streaming giants breaking records and reshaping the industry.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Engravings on the bullets caught the agents’ attention.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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The book traces Jacobs’s career from entrepreneur to lobbyist, catalyzed by a series of serious health events that led him to integrate yoga, meditation, and mindfulness into his daily life and professional approach.—
Forbes Books Press Release Official,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Try integrating mindfulness into your existing routines.—
Essence,
Essence,
8 Sep. 2025
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This stems from the concept of reparations in the popular consciousness being flattened to mean checks for Black people making up for the harms of slavery.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Even Seldon flickered between digital and physical selves, his split consciousness pushing conflicting agendas that unsettled the followers who depended on him.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Instead of centralizing all computational power and decision-making in distant data centers, envision AI architectures that preserve and amplify local knowledge while enabling beneficial exchange across networks.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement This granular knowledge and deep curiosity is also what drives Speer’s long-standing dedication to protecting the vast, vulnerable open ocean and deep-sea environments that lie outside of national borders and hold some of the largest reservoirs of biodiversity on earth.—
Bonnie Tsui,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Awareness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awareness. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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