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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
Pittsburgh First Lady Katie O'Connor read to the kids and said research shows reading is critical to kids' cognitive development and can significantly impact their future.
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Kristine Sorensen, CBS News, 15 May 2026
Participants who took only ibuprofen also showed greater cognitive improvements than the placebo group.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
In the study, people who drank between two and three daily cups of coffee or one or two cups of tea had lower subjective cognitive decline and performed better on cognitive tests.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 15 May 2026
The activities may also be especially beneficial for people under chronic stress, caregivers, those with cognitive decline, and people who are lonely or isolated, experts said.
—Allison Forsyth, Health, 15 May 2026
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Kristine Sorensen, CBS News, 15 May 2026
Participants who took only ibuprofen also showed greater cognitive improvements than the placebo group.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
In the study, people who drank between two and three daily cups of coffee or one or two cups of tea had lower subjective cognitive decline and performed better on cognitive tests.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 15 May 2026
The activities may also be especially beneficial for people under chronic stress, caregivers, those with cognitive decline, and people who are lonely or isolated, experts said.
—Allison Forsyth, Health, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognitive
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In a debate for the Democratic nomination for the Senate in Iowa this month, one of the moderators, Erin Murphy, asked the candidates, Josh Turek and Zach Wahls, both state legislators, a reasonable, if downbeat, question.—
Amy Davidson Sorkin,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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The tuition payments may be a gift presented without strings, but there are still plenty of reasonable expectations that come with a college education.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
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At best, empirical work in economics or management consulting could identify and address social problems rather than merely justify boss power.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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Brosy says the empirical evidence from cities like Vancouver and Paris backs up that view.—
Trevor Laurence Jockims,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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The demonstration of this learning outcome might be a standard analytical paper on a poem.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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Forty-five percent mentioned machine learning as the analytical backbone for prediction, forecasting, and decision intelligence.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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Guests don’t even need to leave the Torre Virreyes building to dine at a few other top restaurants in the area, including the aforementioned Carmela y Sal, which has one of the city’s best tasting menus.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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Shohei Ohtani also put together good at-bats.—
Liana Handler,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2026
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“Cognitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognitive. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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