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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 cognitions
Instead, computers became powerful enough that AIs can be churned out by gradient descent, without any human needing to understand the cognitions that grow inside.
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Nate Soares, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Nate Soares, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognitions
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Lanier argued the filters could harm teens’ perceptions of themselves, saying experts consulted by Meta reached that same conclusion.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Particularly in the electoral settings, such content could influence voter perceptions and undermine trust in democratic processes.—
Mohamed Suliman,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
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Here's everything to know about Curiosity and the latest discovery made from its observations.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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The benefits of companion planting are purely based on longtime gardeners' observations.—
Ashlyn Needham,
The Spruce,
16 Feb. 2026
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His children's reflections were poetic in the style of the late civil rights icon — filled with prayer, tears and a few chuckles, including about disagreements that occur when growing up in a large, lively family.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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His children’s reflections were poetic in the style of the late civil rights icon — filled with prayer, tears and a few chuckles, including about disagreements that occur when growing up in a large, lively family.—
Sophia Tareen,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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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Sky and his wife spent the day sharing their thoughts with reporters from CNN and CBS News, the BBC and NBC.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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Her thoughts turned to memories of her mother.—
Gaby Wood,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2026
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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
Cite this Entry
“Cognitions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognitions. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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