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Recent Examples of cognizance This year, the Judiciary Committee, which has cognizance over everything from prisons and courts to criminal law and civil penalties, advanced bills having to do with cannabis offenses, street takeovers and wrongful incarceration. Jaden Edison, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2024 His cognizance of and desire to confront social bigotry permeated his body of work as a producer, starting with his magnum opus All in the Family. Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2023 The Gulf of Finland is under the cognizance of Finland (within its 12 nautical miles of territorial water), Sweden, Estonia and Russia. Eric Tegler, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023 Courts must take cognizance. Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 29 Sep. 2021 See All Example Sentences for cognizance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognizance
Noun
  • Safety concerns are indifferent to days of the week, and increased awareness of the general and hunting public of each other’s presence and enjoyment of the outdoors are already well established in the state.
    Brandon Gleason, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2025
  • For instance, if your audience likes sports, launching ads during popular events can be a way to increase both brand awareness and sales even though the metrics will be hard to measure.
    Roman Vrublivskyi, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • The questionnaire varied in topics, but one of the subjects was familiarity with a long list of celebrities whose names could come up at trial.
    Caroline Blair, People.com, 16 May 2025
  • Up until this point, some modicum of residual familiarity, related to the East Coast — not topography but scale — had remained with me.
    Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Plus, no matter who's involved, humans have a natural tendency to pay close attention to danger and threats, especially if those threats have lurked without detection for so long.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • The security cabinet apparently paid little attention to this problem in setting its policy.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • And Brian’s burgeoning friendship with Agnes — after their acquaintance gets off on an extremely awkward note — is one of the most effective arcs in the series.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 May 2025
  • Friends and acquaintances came to help with patterning; some started living in the lodge’s guest rooms, staying for months or even years.
    Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • These women deserve our appreciation and stemming from that, the planet deserves our mindfulness too.
    Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
  • Whether your tea preparation is simple or part of a more complex ritual, these actions may decrease stress and increase mindfulness.
    Andrew Weil, Flow Space, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Also, experiences as gifts remain popular in the post-pandemic era, with 36% of men planning to give experiences this year, a rise from 29% in 2019.
    Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • That included essential questions and details both mega and mundane, such as the width of sidewalks, a modernized front-gate experience, interaction with the on-site hotel, the capacity of ride queues and the look of restrooms.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • The image of John Carlos and Tommie Smith on the medal stand at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, gloved fists in the air in a Black power salute, has been seared into the historical consciousness.
    Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
  • These connections can mirror human belief systems, including those involving consciousness and emotion.
    Susan Schneider, Scientific American, 1 May 2025

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“Cognizance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognizance. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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