as in thoughts
something imagined or pictured in the mind
as long as there's a national deficit, interplanetary exploration will most likely remain an agreeable cogitation and nothing more
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Noun
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Our thoughts are with Bob's family and loved ones during this time.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2026 -
Faces off the field gives a revealing look into the thoughts and lives of high school student-athletes from the Austin area.—
Rick Cantu,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Beef does something similar, translating immigrant frustration into the visual vocabulary of an American thriller, animated by distinctly Korean notions of family honor, shame, resentment and parental pressure.—
Dan Bilefsky,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Mar. 2026
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Our ability to ignore, repress, and deny is matched only by our ability to believe the unbelievable and to give chimeric notions the power to found religions, nations, and institutions.—
Robert Pogue Harrison,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
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What emerged was a series of intricate, heady features whose ideas often came through more clearly than their sentiments.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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The language of the measure will be a combination of ideas submitted by Zach Russem, who represents the online travel industry, and city resident Katheryn Rhodes.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2026
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These girls continue coming to each of my games and supporting me, asking for my signature and pictures.—
Rick Cantu,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Moo Deng soared to stardom shortly after she was born in 2024, largely thanks to a keeper who shared adorable pictures and videos of the baby hippo on social media.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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Second, however, at the chasm between the Framers’ conceptions of Presidential war power and the unbounded nature of that authority today.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2026
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Rising above material needs, our current conceptions of class, identity, and climate will shift radically.—
Andrew Norman Wilson,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Zee approaches art with an investigative mindset, exploring themes and concepts with depth and authenticity.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
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However, perhaps the height of Red Dwarf's experimentation with sci-fi concepts and the exploration of its main protagonists’ morality was the season five finale, Back to Reality.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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In Corpus’ lawsuit against the county, San Mateo County Superior Court ruled last year that the county waived its privilege claims over Cordell’s billing records by publicly releasing her report — which contained her findings and impressions of witnesses.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2026
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The point is to look beyond those first impressions and see the possibility of something better.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Cogitations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cogitations. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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