cognition

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Recent Examples of cognition Where cognition, not clicks, defines our digital lives. Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025 The brain is not purely a cognition machine, but an object sculpted by evolution — and therefore constrained by the tight energy budget of a biological system. Conor Feehly, Quanta Magazine, 4 June 2025 Respiration is connected to several brain areas, including those related to cognition, emotions and memory. Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2025 Modeling cognition and emotion demands new kinds of architectures that grow alongside the user. Boyan Wan, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for cognition
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognition
Noun
  • Remember, everyone is entitled to their opinion, and everyone’s perception comes from their unique place in this world.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
  • Oxford Economics estimates spending among international visitors to the U.S. will fall $8.5 billion this year, as negative perceptions of the U.S. tied to trade and immigration policy lead travelers to other destinations.
    Ali McCadden, CNBC, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • The observation tower crowning Villa Beatrice offers the freshest breezes, the most exclusive dining table in the region, and a gobsmacking 360-degree view of the area’s natural beauty — and its glitziest homes and harbors.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
  • The 2019 failure of a military observation satellite for the United Arab Emirates, called the Vega rocket, led to $411 million in claims — the largest such loss in history, Reuters reported.
    Tom Brown, Space.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Tennant always brought his own intellection to Disco’s throbbing hedonism yet was hedonistic nonetheless, perfecting a musical idiom that his forerunner Noel Coward was too early to enjoy.
    Armond White, National Review, 10 May 2024
  • The school board’s legal counsel thought the book could be in conflict with a recent state intellection freedom rule, and recommended it be removed from circulation, according to a spokeswoman.
    tcrain, al, 26 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • Ultimately, 5-0 was a fair reflection of their dominance.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 July 2025
  • Through personal reflections from Coleman’s descendants, trailblazing pilots, and familiar voices like actress and author Karyn Parsons, the film repositions Coleman not just as a figure of the past, but as an enduring source of empowerment.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Another concerning aspect of AI's influence on our freedom of thought is its capacity to distort memory and perception.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Even the people in my life, letting that dumb thought go, has opened so many more doors for me.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • The modern concept of a franchise has been around since the mid 1850s, with the first franchisor believed to have been Isaac Singer, the founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company and the inventor of the sewing machine.
    Fiona Simpson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The show gained momentum at the Asian Television Forum in December 2022, where executive producer Michelle Chang pitched the concept to The One Enterprise.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Tom muses, in graphic detail, about his parents’ actions that led to his conception, birth and growing up to enter this particular restaurant on this particular date.
    Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
  • If anything, the Meta ruling confirms a worrying truth: that the law’s current conception of fair use isn’t built for AI—it’s being bent around it.
    Aron Solomon June 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025

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“Cognition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognition. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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