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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
According to the study, resistance training showed cognitive benefits after just 2 sessions per week, lasting 45-60 minutes, over a three-month period.
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Marisa McMillan, Outside, 9 Jan. 2026
She was hired by the defense to perform cognitive tests on Mullen.
—Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
In December 2025, cognitive testing indicated decline with alternating attention and sequencing, an exceptionally low range of abilities for a list learning and memory task, and other concerns, according to the filing.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 9 Jan. 2026
That’s because studies have linked ultraprocessed foods with numerous health issues and diseases including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, cancer, depression, cognitive decline and more.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
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Marisa McMillan, Outside, 9 Jan. 2026
She was hired by the defense to perform cognitive tests on Mullen.
—Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
In December 2025, cognitive testing indicated decline with alternating attention and sequencing, an exceptionally low range of abilities for a list learning and memory task, and other concerns, according to the filing.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 9 Jan. 2026
That’s because studies have linked ultraprocessed foods with numerous health issues and diseases including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, cancer, depression, cognitive decline and more.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognitive
Adjective
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That said, reasonable preparation can help even those familiar with international payment systems avoid high fees, long waits and general confusion.—
Jason Phillips,
Kansas City Star,
6 Jan. 2026
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That’s understandable and reasonable, and fans have every right to express their fandom through frustration when teams don’t live up to expectations.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Assorted arguments, testimony and empirical evidence regarding Title IX haven’t been scrutinized and arguably fall outside the scope of the litigation.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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As my colleague Rogé Karma explained last year, however, essentially the entire weight of empirical economic evidence suggests that this theory has never been true in practice.—
Gilad Edelman,
The Atlantic,
5 Jan. 2026
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In California and Oregon, the laboratories that typically perform analytical chemistry for wineries were quickly overwhelmed.—
Nicola Twilley,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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Additionally, the analytical assessments performed by the team indicate that the sensitivity of this quantum array approach is higher than classical alternatives.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In the first half, the defensive activity and competitive spirit were far better against the league’s best team, a night after Miami came up woefully short in both of those areas against the league’s worst team.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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Despite being given three power plays in the first, the B’s were not good at all on the man advantage.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Cognitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognitive. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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