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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
Higher lifelong enrichment was associated with an up to seven-year delay in mild cognitive impairment and an up to five-year delay in dementia onset.
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Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 13 Feb. 2026
The data is clear that, over time, exercise improves both mental health and cognitive abilities such as problem-solving, Bigliassi said.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2026
One of the first researchers to study musical anhedonia, Robert Zatorre, a cognitive neuroscientist at McGill University, knew how powerful that release could be.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2026
At the system level, Gino 1 operates on a Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model using a fast/slow cognitive architecture.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
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Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 13 Feb. 2026
The data is clear that, over time, exercise improves both mental health and cognitive abilities such as problem-solving, Bigliassi said.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2026
One of the first researchers to study musical anhedonia, Robert Zatorre, a cognitive neuroscientist at McGill University, knew how powerful that release could be.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2026
At the system level, Gino 1 operates on a Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model using a fast/slow cognitive architecture.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognitive
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The prosecution detailed nine separate errors made by Plamberger during the climb—from failing to bring bivy gear to failing to abide by a reasonable turnaround time—which collectively suggest a charge of gross negligence.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
21 Feb. 2026
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Counties with moratoriums Counties use moratoriums to buy time to write new zoning and regulation for wind and solar farms, sometimes to craft reasonable laws and sometimes to craft bans.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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But more needs to be done, and there is clear empirical evidence for why the governor and state Legislature should expand funding for these programs in this year’s budget.—
Christopher Martinez,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2026
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Moreover, sociology is one of the best empirical fields for interrogating the consequences of different values, for how ideas get built into institutions, for how social networks operate across domains.—
Wendy Nelson Espeland,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Much of the action is in the form of talking, which the incisively analytical images parse with the emotional precision of dramatic stagings, lending the talk a sort of emphatic onscreen incarnation.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2026
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The Epstein Tapes Earlier this month, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that the Polish government would create an analytical team to examine whether Polish children were abused via criminal networks connected to Epstein.—
Leigh Kiniry,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Some of the city’s best restaurants and bars are both uptown and walkable, including breakfast juggernaut Cheeky’s and its adjacent pizza-pasta-patio hotspot Birba, farm-to-table fave Workshop, and cool cocktail den Tailor Shop.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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Whichever silhouette you’re drawn to, their popularity lies in their chameleonic quality to look good with both neutrals, from white to black to shades of gray, and trending seasonal shades, like red and cobalt blue.—
Lucrezia Malavolta,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Cognitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognitive. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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