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conscious mental activities; the activities of thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering
disabilities affecting cognition and judgment
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Recent Examples of cognition
Overall, these new findings demonstrate that well-functioning cognition has a lot to do with timing.
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New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
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Gillian Forrester, who studies comparative cognition at the University of Sussex in England and was not involved in either study, says social attention is key to maintaining a good reputation.
—Clarissa Brincat, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2025
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New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement Researchers are now exploring if these supplements can help cognition.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Gillian Forrester, who studies comparative cognition at the University of Sussex in England and was not involved in either study, says social attention is key to maintaining a good reputation.
—Clarissa Brincat, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2025
Key Takeaways CoQ10 (CoQ10, or ubiquinone) and vitamin D may boost fertility, cognition, or heart health.
—Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognition
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Forgetting to Stay Hydrated While there's a widespread perception that coffee dehydrates, that's not necessarily true.—
Lauren Panoff,
Verywell Health,
4 Sep. 2025
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Speak up without speaking over One of the biggest perception gaps has to do with challenging misogynistic behavior at work.—
Colleen Tolan,
The Conversation,
3 Sep. 2025
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Previous modeling systems captured fire and smoke behavior, but gaps remained in data accuracy and field observations.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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Colin Frank Wilson, Project Scientist for ESA's Mars orbiters, confirmed that the agency is preparing to attempt observations of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS during its passage through the solar system.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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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
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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,
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26 Jan. 2023
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That the Sky’s punishment will last longer than five minutes is merely a reflection of their place in the standings.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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At certain angles, the photo’s dark backdrop allows viewers to see the reflection of former President Barack Obama’s portrait that depicts him surrounded by greenery and flowers representing Chicago and Hawaii.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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In that initial video call, McCarthy shared his thoughts on Acosta’s previous offenses.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Follow Scheffler for destination stories, travel trends and thought-provoking conversations from the world of travel.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Schiffer said Meghan had been too risk averse in the first two seasons, but could try to pitch a slightly different concept for a third season that pushed the boundaries far more.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The company tipped a concept washer and dryer with a robot vacuum built into the base, similar to Eureka's Dual Washing Bot announced at CES last year.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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Its original conception was modernizing recruiting with AI and high-tech matching algorithms.—
Richard Nieva,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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These works are what happens when excess sentiment meets shallow conception and hasty commissioning.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Cognition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognition. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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