Thesaurus results for COGNITION

cognition

noun

Definition of cognition

as in perception

technical conscious mental activities; the activities of thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering disabilities affecting cognition and judgment

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Recent Examples of cognition Today, our world is designed for human cognition, cadence and trust. — George C. Lee Ii, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 Tests of cognition, memory, hearing, eyesight and many other measures are key to evaluating how someone is aging. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 Chronically cutting it short has consequences for cognition, mood, metabolism and long-term health. — Renée Onque, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026 At the same time, his mom and dad are sometimes struck by his unexpected level of cognition or a sudden ability to navigate the world physically. — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cognition

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There’s no tangible title on the line in this one – there’s only perception.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Quite the sobering commentary on society, but the next WNBA commissioner must understand the high-wire act of being in charge while combating the perception of not being warm enough.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of perception

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Yet Kisley was not surprised by this observation despite its novelty.

— Isabel Gil, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2026
Information for the charges came from multiple sources, including citizen informants, who had observed Wolff hunting on their property, observations made by wardens while on patrol, and surveillance.

— David Zeug, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of observation

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Texture, depth and grainy intellection are absent.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
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

Definition of intellection

Noun

The latest leg of the sell-off is a reflection of a mix of high government debt issuance, an oil-price shock that has reignited inflation concerns and expectations that central banks may keep monetary policy tighter for longer.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Chelsea, despite missing out on a late move for Lamine Camara, and Tottenham have improved considerably, but that is more a reflection of previous dysfunction — and a lighter schedule — than inspired recruitment.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of reflection

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For one thing covetousness, as opposed to the more concrete sins like theft or murder or adultery, is a thought crime, and almost all that goes on here, happens within the minds of the characters.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026
Halftime thoughts The Hurricanes go into halftime with a 28-6 lead on Stanford.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of thought

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Several other concepts have closed in Park Place within the past few months, including Panache Chocolatier; Session Taco’s spinoff, LaPez ModMex; French restaurant Aixois Sud; and Bamboo Penny’s sister concept, Aqua Penny’s.

— Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
Cuvee Club will exist within the Granite Bay location of Mimosa House, and is a sister restaurant to Italian concept Vacanza Romana.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of concept

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Beatrice, played by actual academic Anne-Laure Sellier, is a professor at Columbia whose work focuses on how historical conceptions of memory can inform present-day studies of the brain.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
The move would have been difficult to imagine under the traditional conception of college sports.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

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