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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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Any concerns about public perceptions can be alleviated by carefully questioning prospective jurors about their knowledge of the case, prosecutors wrote in a court filing.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2026
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The sight of encampments and people in the throes of psychosis in the streets drives perceptions of lawlessness and danger, studies show.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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Next, the team hopes to combine these observations with higher-resolution data and simulations to follow the gas even closer to the galactic core.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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Other actors were influenced by Hoffman’s performance and their own observations.—
Sarah Kurchak,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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The glass must be strong and the surface clean, as reflections below the glass have to be controlled, along with balanced lighting from underneath, and even the ceiling background is carefully planned.—
Lex Goldstein,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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The death of former Vice President Dick Cheney earlier this week has evoked divisive reflections across the United States toward one of Washington's most influential figures of the century.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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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
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Our thoughts and prayers go out to his brother Don Swayze and [Sean’s] children.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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Boise State head coach Leon Rice doesn’t often give much away when talking about his team in public, keeping his harshest thoughts to himself and for the locker room.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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Gone were the days of elaborate concepts, old-timey characters, and aspirations toward modern classical composition.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
11 Jan. 2026
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The concepts making their debut range from Kwame Onwuachi’s take on Caribbean cuisine in Las Vegas to Francesco Martucci bringing his pizza prowess to fine dining in Miami—and everything in between, encompassing a wide variety of flavors, heritages, and more.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Cognitions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognitions. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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