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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Those who received the medication reported less mental pain and fewer suicidal thoughts compared with participants who received a placebo, the study found.—
Kyra Dahring,
CNN Money,
14 Feb. 2026 -
Got thoughts, questions, ideas, concerns, compliments or maybe even some recs for me?—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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Bomi, 23, who entered seeking his first boyfriend, found his idealized notions challenged.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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Will Liz’s romantic notions help her win Michael or Wes?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Calderon, Becerra and Mahan floated ideas like investing more state funds to increase child care providers’ wages for programs like Head Start, a federal early childhood care program.—
Lia Russell
Updated February 19,
Sacbee.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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Bateman said it’s been an education for him personally, chatting with these men over dinner and exchanging ideas.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Since the end of his playing days, Griffey has embraced photography, taking pictures from the African savanna to the Masters Tournament in Georgia.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Data centers — rooms or buildings full of computer servers — have been storing cellphone pictures, emails and social media accounts for years.—
Makenzie Huber,
States Newsroom,
19 Feb. 2026
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As a means of generating its own conceptions of goodness that feel compelling to most human beings, its record is quite mixed, perhaps because that’s not what it was ever designed to do.—
Christopher Beha,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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Farrell and Kidman are outstanding, even as Lanthimos' ritualistic plotting and direction keep them hemmed into their characters' rigid conceptions.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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View gallery - 9 images One of the more out-there concepts to emerge from CMT 2026, the Wingcube is a unique style of trailerable expanding camp pod.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2026
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Others in the science social media space have noted Bohon’s skill at discussing concepts, such as Emily Zawacki, a geology TikToker known as @its_sedimentary.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
15 Feb. 2026
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Proving my first impressions wrong, McVey has the skills to launch breakouts and support efforts downfield.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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NBCUniversal also says that content from the episode has hit more than 101M social impressions.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Cogitations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cogitations. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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