Definition of mindnext
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mind

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verb

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as in to listen
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing you'll be in big trouble if you don't straighten up and mind

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as in to care
to have an interest or concern for don't mind him; he's always complaining

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Recent Examples of mind
Noun
As a result, your mind is always searching for the next project to tackle or problem to solve, distracting you while hanging out with family or keeping you from sleeping. — Melody Wilding, Contributor, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026 With rising gas prices and the onset of cooler weather, energy costs are on the minds of Californians. — Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
They are locked in a must-win battle and don’t seem to mind higher debt costs. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026 These earbuds are for those who don't care about first-party features, want a neutral, detailed audio response, and don't mind—or even prefer—the bud shape. — Christian De Looper, PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mind
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mind
Noun
  • The music on Uncle feels innate, as if Funkhouser had dug these songs out from deep within the crawlspace in his brain.
    — Jeff Yerger, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Detours and shortcuts in the brain The cells and synapses of the brain aren’t arranged in rigid, linear paths for each task and experience.
    — Sean Mccabe, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Trip isn’t the standout role, but Keery handles the character’s exasperated monologues with panache, turning self-defense and infuriated straight-talk into acts of exhilarating sanity.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Has everyone made it through an insane weekend of college football with their sanity intact?
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
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  • One of Bilton and Weiss’s signature new on-air hires is the conservative writer Ross Douthat, formerly an opinion columnist for the Times.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Much of its work, particularly on national security matters, remains shielded from public view, but some of the office’s conclusions have emerged in often dense legal opinions.
    — Perry Stein, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In the brain, for example, elevated stress hormones can impair learning and memory by flooding the hippocampus with excitatory chemical signals.
    — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Global smartphone shipments fell 20% in the third quarter of 2026, the weakest third quarter since 2012, according to Counterpoint Research, as rising memory-chip costs pushed up phone prices.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Yet their willingness to talk, listen, and imagine what had seemed impossible helped lay the groundwork for historic nuclear arms reductions.
    — Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The poetry world in the city is multifarious and energetic, with waves of practitioners reading, listening to, and publishing one another.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • And just remember that ​question for ⁠a couple of days from now, okay?
    — Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Just remember that apps bypassing the VPN will expose your regular public IP address.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Because light obeys a superposition principle even under classical physics, this experimental breakthrough doesn’t imply that Schrödinger’s equation necessarily applies to objects 12,900 kilometers wide.
    — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • If the company chooses to obey, the Chinese might retaliate with the denial of crucial rare-earth metals.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
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  • Be intentional about noticing autumn and Halloween displays on lawns and porches, which seem as popular as ever this year.
    — Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
  • They are focused on inspecting what is known as the Taraia Object, a visual anomaly that has been visible in aerial photos dating back to 1938 but was first noticed in satellite imagery in 2020.
    — Lana Zak, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

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“Mind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mind. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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