as in awareness
a state of being aware
a glaring problem that somehow has yet to penetrate the consciousness of the people that run this company
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Recent Examples of consciousness
Companies themselves have expressed concern that widespread price-consciousness among shoppers could impact their festive sales.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Set in the 1970s at the meetings of a feminist consciousness-raising group — as well as in the present day, when a narrator (Susannah Flood) is telling the story of the group her mother founded — the show goes down like a bracing tonic, an antidote for the dark.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2025
Human consciousness, however, can be severed between the two halves, LaSota claims.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025
The company stresses that its organoids, lacking pain receptors and complex brain structures, cannot experience consciousness.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Set in the 1970s at the meetings of a feminist consciousness-raising group — as well as in the present day, when a narrator (Susannah Flood) is telling the story of the group her mother founded — the show goes down like a bracing tonic, an antidote for the dark.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2025
Human consciousness, however, can be severed between the two halves, LaSota claims.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025
The company stresses that its organoids, lacking pain receptors and complex brain structures, cannot experience consciousness.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consciousness
Noun
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Yet even among a number of Christians seeking to raise awareness and intensify efforts to put an end to systematic abuses committed by Boko Haram and other jihadi movements, the prospect of foreign intervention raises serious concerns.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Here’s where the show does have some awareness about its characters’ problematic indiscretions, and Carrington pushes back to point out that a relationship with a trans woman isn’t anything to be ashamed of.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Fear, devotion, inquisition, obsession, admiration – all attention is good attention.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Even so, there’s still time for any 2026 NFL Draft hopefuls to catch the attention of pro scouts.—
Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Just like in mindfulness meditation, simply observe your mental processes without judgment.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
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Burke also uses the Fitbit app, which offers different workout and mindfulness classes.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Consciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consciousness. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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