as in perceptions
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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
Noun
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But contrary to often dominant perceptions, many were women and nonbinary.—
Kate Sosin,
Them.,
31 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, liberals had lower purchase intentions for Tesla vehicles than for other EVs, with lower purchase intentions associated with negative perceptions of the Tesla CEO.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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But astronomers don’t expect to receive the observations until February due to the rate at which the spacecraft is sending data back to Earth.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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But over multiple days of observations with the Very Large Telescope in Chile and as 3I/ATLAS continued its journey closer to the sun, Rahatgaonkar and other researchers found that levels of nickel vapor continued to increase.—
NPR,
NPR,
30 Oct. 2025
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Equally illuminating are the candid, often unflattering, reflections of his exes (including Isabella Rossellini) and daughters, who for decades took a back seat to his art-making and addictions.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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Tweaks to videos like removing smoke or reflections in water surfaces or changing shadows or lighting, can be handled across entire videos instead of a frame at a time.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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So this was quite a departure from traditional conceptions of the subject.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Running back Breece Hall, who reportedly requested a trade himself before the deadline, and edge rusher Jermaine Johnson both took to X to share their thoughts on the situation.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Jim Irsay stood beside his private jet just days after the 2021 season ended and made sure the camera was rolling to capture his thoughts.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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Many people have framed the rise of Red Shambhala as a direct response to Vril and Agartha, two concepts that have become a fixture of alt-right memes in the last year.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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Heading into the playoffs, the Blue Jays rely on these principles not as concepts on paper, but as daily practices that sustain performance under pressure.—
Karl Moore,
Forbes.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Cognitions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognitions. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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