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of, relating to, or involving conscious mental activities (such as thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering)
cognitive development
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Recent Examples of cognitive
The researchers followed up with those people more than 10 years later and gave them cognitive tests to check their processing speed, executive function and memory.
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Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Oct. 2025
Communication is a cognitive amplifier.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
Studies of people have suggested that cognitive training can improve thinking and memory.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
Thomas Banneyer | Picture Alliance | Getty Images A group of prominent figures, including artificial intelligence and technology experts, has called for an end to efforts to create ‘superintelligence’ — a form of AI that would surpass humans on essentially all cognitive tasks.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
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Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Oct. 2025
Communication is a cognitive amplifier.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
Studies of people have suggested that cognitive training can improve thinking and memory.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
Thomas Banneyer | Picture Alliance | Getty Images A group of prominent figures, including artificial intelligence and technology experts, has called for an end to efforts to create ‘superintelligence’ — a form of AI that would surpass humans on essentially all cognitive tasks.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognitive
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The state alleged that Amazon doesn’t go far enough to find reasonable accommodations for employees upon request and fails to consider whether a different accommodation or work location would be a match for an employee who is pregnant or has a disability.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
27 Oct. 2025
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Wisconsin law enforcement agencies may use a drone to gather evidence or other information in a criminal investigation from or at a place or location where an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy if a search warrant is obtained.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Similar to finding that planets do not orbit the earth, the search for economics anomalies requires searching for empirical facts that cannot (easily) be explained using the standard economic model where everyone chooses by optimizing and makes no systematic mistakes.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Developed over two years, the CCI aims to give brands an empirical readout of how social, search and site traffic activity correspond with real economic indicators, from consumer demand to share-price performance.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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That analytical first step informs participants of how to build capacity and power, which is the second step.—
Michael Shank,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Somebody who’s very analytical, very, very curious.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Non-perishable items or foods that last a long time in the fridge can be good options.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
26 Oct. 2025
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The baby, who initially made good progress after the surgery, died 20 days later.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Cognitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognitive. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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