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Recent Examples of cogitation That scheme isn’t dead; it’s just mired in the cogitation phase. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025 The following cogitations, therefore, are not totally uninformed noisy opining. Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024 The narrator knows that there is something cheapening and peculiarly hollow about all this cogitation. Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024 But Silicon Valley’s recent inventions invite galaxy-brain cogitation of the sort Harari is known for. Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024 Also there, seraphic and silent, was Melania Trump, her emotions and her cogitations eluding our mortal grasp. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024 An average day might require two or three hours of hard cogitation. Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024 But the output is mostly a simulacrum of human thought, not the product of cogitation. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023 At that point Pohlad cuts to one of his many shots of the rural Washington landscape; the match of image and idea reminded me of Godard’s late period spiritual evocations, the product of intense cogitation — an artistic gift. Armond White, National Review, 11 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cogitation
Noun
  • The bandmates piggyback off each other’s thoughts and finish one another’s sentences without any interjection feeling like an interruption.
    Leah Lu, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2025
  • Wang — who was born in Shanghai and grew up in the small town of Northfield, Minn., before moving on to college at New York University — is still humbled by the thought of how many people auditioned for the role.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • Miloš had a wacky idea about Burt Reynolds for a while.
    Jordan Hoffman Updated, EW.com, 10 July 2025
  • Just as the fish rise to the surface when the water is calm, your best ideas may surface when your mind is tranquil and wandering during an evening shower.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • For his new concept revitalizing the former Nash & Proper space, Jimenez is taking inspiration from popular fast food chains such as In-N-Out and Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, which have compact menus with high-quality ingredients.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
  • The new concept comes six months after the owner of Explorium Brewing purchased Good City Brewing's four locations and its brands.
    Jordyn Noennig, jsonline.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • The competition helped show off talent from everyday students who, free from conceptions around grades or college concerns, are kids who care about the U.S. and its history.
    Gabrielle Gillette, Oc Register, 9 July 2025
  • Their conception of the future was published on the cover of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which portrayed a clock set at seven minutes to midnight.
    Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Some design choices, however, amplify the impression of tight quarters.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2025
  • Any foot impressions left in the shoes could be used to model the feet of the original wearers.
    Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • That latter idea flows from a notion that if rescissions are proposed late in the fiscal year and Congress does not have the full 45-day period to act on any such proposals, the funds expire and become unavailable for obligation.
    Doug Criscitello, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
  • But the fundamental notion to be grasped is one of purpose.
    John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025

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“Cogitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cogitation. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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