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conscious mental activities; the activities of thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering
disabilities affecting cognition and judgment
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The follicular phase runs from day 6 to day 14, when estrogen rises steadily, energy rebuilds and some research points to a peak cognition window.
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Allison Palmer
updated June 13, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
For The Union-Tribune Weight up, cognition down Cognitive decline with age is a normal process.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
Certain nutrients may help support cognition in particular.
—Brittany Dube, Health, 9 June 2026
Staying in led to greater sustained cognition.
—Jon Sabes, Fortune, 7 June 2026
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Allison Palmer
updated June 13, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
For The Union-Tribune Weight up, cognition down Cognitive decline with age is a normal process.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
Certain nutrients may help support cognition in particular.
—Brittany Dube, Health, 9 June 2026
Staying in led to greater sustained cognition.
—Jon Sabes, Fortune, 7 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognition
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But beyond public perception, USCIS, the agency that processes petitions for employment authorizations, green card and citizenship applications, has been impacted by the early 2025 workforce cuts.—
Ignacio Calderon,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
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With the country cash-strapped, the Arab Spring of 2011 set off a wave of mass migration into Europe, which coincided with the widespread perception that the extra numbers were placing further strains on already creaking resources of jobs, housing and healthcare.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
23 June 2026
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The telescope will be prompted to capture observations every 15 minutes for over a year to explore the dense, central portion of the Milky Way known as the Galactic Bulge.—
Eleanor Jacobs,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
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This find strengthens the idea that Stonehenge emerged from older traditions of solar observation and seasonal ceremony, traditions that continue with various global celebrations today.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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Texture, depth and grainy intellection are absent.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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Despite appearances to the contrary—the swirling sentences, the feverish intellection—there is nothing hermetic about Krasznahorkai’s work, both old and new, which squarely faces contemporary European reality and its perils, including the tortured dynamics of settlement, movement, and identity.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
10 Oct. 2025
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This work by Helen Cammock, which was commissioned in 2023 and has been on temporary display at the NPG since September 2025, is created and narrated by the artist and includes her personal reflections on historical and current events.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
18 June 2026
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The Lotus bangles exemplify that thinking—open, architectural lines invite light to pass through the forms, casting reflections and subtle tonal variations as the wrist moves—objects made to engage naturally with the body.—
Jill Newman,
Robb Report,
18 June 2026
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The hoops expert shared that and other pre-draft thoughts during a Thursday conference call with media.—
Gary Bedore
June 18,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
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The stylistic eccentricities have been dialed back, including the use of old Hollywood film clips to reflect the action and possibly the thoughts of its main character, a cinephile from space, who is both practicing and enacting the work of a private detective.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Rodriguez has been developing the concept for more than a decade, based on drawings and stories created with and for his children.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
18 June 2026
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Tesla pioneered the concept of mobile service, and some legacy automakers have followed including Ford and Lincoln, amongst others.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
18 June 2026
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The directors join the latest edition of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast to explore how Graham changed the world’s conception of dance, emphasizing the torso, contraction and release over the extended line favored by traditional choreographers.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
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Neurological mysteries, immaculate conception, exposure therapy, a natural-birth cult (cults!—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
14 June 2026
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“Cognition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognition. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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