as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
she consciously chose to take the more dangerous route down the mountain
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Recent Examples of consciously
Very consciously, Hollywood Does Abortion positions itself as part of a larger discussion rather than its entirety.
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026
Perhaps, consciously or not, the organization is making room for them.
—Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
When a system's actions fall outside the parameters anyone consciously designed, the question of who bears the cost becomes genuinely contested.
—Samuel Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Smart studios are consciously trying to build this audience and don’t view it as an anomaly.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 1 June 2026
Is its packaging consciously designed or needlessly wasteful?
—Eden Stuart, Allure, 29 May 2026
Frances says the objective is to center energy and to create the world one desires consciously.
—Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
No, not not consciously, at least.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 20 May 2026
Even when no one is consciously building a campaign or policy around a caricature, these assumptions shape thinking in ways that are hard to detect and harder to reverse.
—Alex Cooper, Fortune, 16 May 2026
Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026
Perhaps, consciously or not, the organization is making room for them.
—Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
When a system's actions fall outside the parameters anyone consciously designed, the question of who bears the cost becomes genuinely contested.
—Samuel Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Smart studios are consciously trying to build this audience and don’t view it as an anomaly.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 1 June 2026
Is its packaging consciously designed or needlessly wasteful?
—Eden Stuart, Allure, 29 May 2026
Frances says the objective is to center energy and to create the world one desires consciously.
—Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
No, not not consciously, at least.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 20 May 2026
Even when no one is consciously building a campaign or policy around a caricature, these assumptions shape thinking in ways that are hard to detect and harder to reverse.
—Alex Cooper, Fortune, 16 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consciously
Adverb
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National magazines like Life and Ebony capitalized on them, running in their pages idealized portraits of domestic abundance that, intentionally or not, projected an image of culinary uniformity.—
Ashley Rose Young,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 June 2026
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For the past five years, Juneteenth has been recognized as a federal holiday, encouraging people across the country to reflect not only on the nation's tangled past with slavery, but the wider legacy of forgotten, ignored and intentionally buried stories about Black America.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
Adverb
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The extent to which anybody else is aware of the time-loop is ambiguous; the ship’s skipper is an elderly man with no memory of his name, and at times it’s implied that the town has deliberately trapped these men.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
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Jackson called the allegations knowingly false and deliberately timed to damage him among conservative voters as polling showed the race tightening.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Consciously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consciously. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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