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
In an interview last year, for example, Hinton warned the technology could eventually take control of humanity, with AI agents in particular potentially able to mirror human cognitions within the decade.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
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.
—Nate Soares, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
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.
—Nate Soares, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognitions
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The expectations of the triple bind can manifest as a reflection of other people’s perceptions, Hinshaw explained.—
Avni Trivedi,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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Surveying 274 users on their perceptions of AI errors, the study found that not all mistakes are equal.—
Jerry Haywood,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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The team relied on computer models, the observations of fish found in nature, and their own creation to come up with a basic theory.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
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Using modern dating techniques, a joint team of scientists and academics from China, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Wales analyzed pigment samples in a laboratory and compared the findings with observations made at the cave.—
Elmira Aliieva,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
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Presumably they’re distorted reflections of other humans.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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Through witty and accessible reflections of his life and ideas, the book offers a compelling introduction to how philosophy is both a way of thinking and living.—
Theodore McDarrah,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Users could compare the two and get a window into their own conceptions of the game.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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The conservatism that would eventually hobble the daytime soap had its roots in this era, when soap viewers with especially fragile sensibilities had specific conceptions of what topics a soap should cover and made no bones about airing their protests.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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But let’s try to commit to a couple more days of good work and maybe cement some of those thoughts and habits.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
7 June 2026
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Our thoughts remain with the people in the Congo who do not have access to such care.—
Mark Osborne,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
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Lestat justifies his, uh, connection with Gabriella by arguing that vampires transcend petty human concepts like conventional morality.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
7 June 2026
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The program is bringing temporary retail concepts to vacant and underused commercial storefronts across downtown Atlanta.—
Olivia Wakim,
AJC.com,
6 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Cognitions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognitions. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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