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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
Keeping your brain stimulated in middle age can help build up that cognitive resiliency that protects your brain from Alzheimer’s.
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Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 12 May 2025
Their cognitive structures look nothing like ours, except that they’re built from the same broad type of cell: the neuron.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Wired News, 11 May 2025
Navigating imbalances of cognitive labor can be a challenge for any couple.
—Mariah Maddox, Parents, 1 May 2025
Investing in physical recovery directly impacts cognitive and emotional performance.
—Dilan Gomih, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 12 May 2025
Their cognitive structures look nothing like ours, except that they’re built from the same broad type of cell: the neuron.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Wired News, 11 May 2025
Navigating imbalances of cognitive labor can be a challenge for any couple.
—Mariah Maddox, Parents, 1 May 2025
Investing in physical recovery directly impacts cognitive and emotional performance.
—Dilan Gomih, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognitive
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The Supreme Court sent the case back to the lower court to reconsider whether the shooting was reasonable under the lengthier timeframe that must be considered.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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This level needs to be reasonable and proportionate to the risk.—
Mark Littler,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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These include: Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Self-Regulation Programs While there is enthusiasm around self-regulation, limited empirical research on its effectiveness means that the long-term impacts of some programs are not fully understood.—
Eric Reicin,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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But empirical research strongly refutes the idea that misinformation is simply in the eye of the beholder.—
Sander van der Linden,
Time,
6 May 2025
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Establishing a Data Academy which trained over 1,000 employees on data utilization, data literacy, and analytic tool upskilling during 2024.—
Randy Bean,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Let the machines show us what can be done with analytic manipulation of the manifold.—
D. Graham Burnett,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2025
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There is also a good smattering of creations from Louis Vuitton, which is the show’s lead sponsor and where Virgil Abloh served as creative director of men’s collections and was succeeded by Pharrell Williams.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
5 May 2025
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So there’s always lines that are news to me and in a good way.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
5 May 2025
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“Cognitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognitive. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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