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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
Although omega-3s—essential polyunsaturated fats the body can’t produce on its own—are best known for their cardiovascular and cognitive benefits, they’re also widely marketed as mood-boosting supplements.
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Sarah Garone, Health, 30 Jan. 2026
The mice with cancer remained free of the plaques characteristic of cognitive decline.
—New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026
Ready to discover your cognitive superpower?
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Conversely, cannabis appears to be especially deleterious to the cognitive and psychological well-being of young people.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2026
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Sarah Garone, Health, 30 Jan. 2026
The mice with cancer remained free of the plaques characteristic of cognitive decline.
—New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026
Ready to discover your cognitive superpower?
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Conversely, cannabis appears to be especially deleterious to the cognitive and psychological well-being of young people.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognitive
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Columbia Heights was as prepared for an immigration crackdown as could be reasonably expected of any community or school system—but there has been nothing reasonable about the ICE terror campaign.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2026
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Finding that type of player, for a reasonable price, is the difficult part.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 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,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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As countless empirical studies have confirmed, MA plans cost taxpayers far more than traditional Medicare despite spending far less on, and delivering worse outcomes for, patients.—
Marianne Pizzitola,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2026
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What to know about the family The FBI has been assisting Pima County investigators in the case, providing technical and analytical support, such as going through cell phone and cell tower data, conducting interviews and reviewing tips.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Yet those assumptions have not been tested through a new Traffic Impact and Access Study — the standard tool for evaluating projects of this scale — nor through a consistent analytical framework.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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The numbers have been slowly ticking up for over a year – a rare bit of good news for a government that has spent billions of dollars for more than a decade encouraging people to do just that.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Scroll through the week’s best of celebrity beauty and pop culture’s glam below, and head to the app to vote for your favorite.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Cognitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognitive. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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