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
When a system's actions fall outside the parameters anyone consciously designed, the question of who bears the cost becomes genuinely contested.
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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
Credit, then, to Favreau and his co-writers, Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor, who have consciously made The Mandalorian and Grogu more self-contained.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
That lesson has been absorbed — instinctively, if not always consciously — by a generation of online creators now moving into feature filmmaking with their audiences already in tow.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 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
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
Credit, then, to Favreau and his co-writers, Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor, who have consciously made The Mandalorian and Grogu more self-contained.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
That lesson has been absorbed — instinctively, if not always consciously — by a generation of online creators now moving into feature filmmaking with their audiences already in tow.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 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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Flores seeks evidence to further his claim that the league and several teams intentionally discriminated against him, and the coach has insisted his legal team gain access to personal devices of league and team employees for discovery purposes.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 June 2026
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The nervous system is the foundation that every other aspect of training is built on, and when athletes learn to train it intentionally, the results show up across sleep, readiness, and resilience.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
Adverb
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More screen time is given over to her burgeoning friendship with firebrand suffragette Mary, played by singer Lily Allen in a deliberately anachronistic performance — her forthright speech and manner beamed in directly from the 21st century.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
3 June 2026
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The school has opted to proceed deliberately with the search and consider other candidates, while not ruling out Yormark by any means.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Consciously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consciously. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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