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Recent Examples of cognizance Outside of vaginoplasty, there’s no procedure where cognizance of touch response is as integral to surgical success. Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025 If the goals of the administration require a lack of cognizance about human rights, then the goals of the administration are in conflict with human rights. Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 21 Apr. 2025 This requires a level of surrender, and the cognizance that certain circumstances are simply beyond our control. Christina Pérez, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2025 One interception begets another because of a certain fresh cognizance that makes for a catalyst. Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cognizance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognizance
Noun
  • The team had a series of discussions and training for leaders in the field, building awareness and skillsets.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • This strategy was effective, especially in poorer regions, but with mounting losses and increased public awareness about the fate of Russian troops at the front, these drivers are no longer enough.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Anyone with even a passing familiarity with the Food Network (or food media in general) has at least heard of Ina Garten.
    Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Being away from their owners, sudden changes in diet and routine, or a lack of familiarity can cause cats to be stressed and anxious.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • If the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel holds, where will The Free Press focus the majority of its editorial attention?
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • White working-class people in struggling Rust Belt communities have gotten a great deal of media attention in a partisan context in recent years.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Masquerade’s creative director, Shai Baitel, who has been working with Dylan as a curator for about eight years, thought of his acquaintance even before the space was finalized.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Dickinson also plays a small role in the film, an acquaintance of Mike's from the streets.
    Esther Zuckerman, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Pickpockets and pilots haven’t quite paid off for Arteta insofar as the Premier League title keeps eluding him, but he’s plainly convinced by the quality of mindfulness, and Arsenal are back in the hunt again, top of the table after seven games.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Use your stress management score, nightly sleep score, and on-wrist mindfulness sessions to monitor and improve your mental health.
    Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Group members can share experiences, knowledge, hopes, fears and strengths.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Then he was forced out of his job by the White House, only to be replaced by Lindsey Halligan, a former insurance lawyer in Florida with no experience as a prosecutor.
    Carrie Johnson, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Though Maggie is writing a paper about virtue signalling, the script doesn’t seem to be able to give her a consciousness that is aware of it.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 10 Oct. 2025
  • In 2014, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge went mega-viral online, giving the disease one of its first pushes into the global consciousness since baseball legend Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with the disease in 1939.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Cognizance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognizance. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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