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Recent Examples of hyperawareness
The increase in isolation and lack of social feedback has increased a self-critical hyperawareness — meaning teens are very focused on their own feelings but are missing the important tools that allows some reality testing.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
When cartoon characters dance, there’s a hyperawareness of their artificial movements—all the more so when those movements seem to be part of a social media strategy.
—Jason Kehe, Wired, 19 Jan. 2022
Aphex Twin’s Richard D. James arranged electronic beats in complex designs that stimulated both hypnosis and hyperawareness.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2021
Implementing social media interactions, on Twitter specifically, as an onscreen storytelling device as well as clips from news broadcasts, the director illustrates the hyperawareness and ruthless media coverage the unprepared adolescent heroes were subjected to.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2020
Mark Travers, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
When cartoon characters dance, there’s a hyperawareness of their artificial movements—all the more so when those movements seem to be part of a social media strategy.
—Jason Kehe, Wired, 19 Jan. 2022
Aphex Twin’s Richard D. James arranged electronic beats in complex designs that stimulated both hypnosis and hyperawareness.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2021
Implementing social media interactions, on Twitter specifically, as an onscreen storytelling device as well as clips from news broadcasts, the director illustrates the hyperawareness and ruthless media coverage the unprepared adolescent heroes were subjected to.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyperawareness
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The New World screwworm had been declared eradicated in the US decades ago, thanks to efforts such as the breeding of sterile flies, awareness campaigns and efforts to control the pest in foreign countries.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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But in those cases and others, the defendants took concrete steps that demonstrated their sincerity and conscious awareness of the threatening nature of their speech.—
Wayne Unger,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
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Lyrical language and a consciousness that ranges unnamed over the water, amplifies the rigor of scientific description.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Now, 11 years after the first Ni Una Menos protest created a collective consciousness about what would come to be known as femicide — the killing of women and girls because of their gender — the nation is convulsing with anger once again.—
Isabel Debre,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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That deep connection to the ocean goes back to the ancient Polynesians, who were the world’s first watermen, using their intimate knowledge of the ocean to navigate the Pacific, discovering Hawaii thousands of years ago.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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An extension of their patio was built on our property without our knowledge and permission.—
Frankie McLister,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
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But their inner lives don’t hold shape the way her little girls (and boys) do, with their uncanny dialogue and idiosyncratic observations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Barr notes that the share of large banks rated as well-managed under the new, more permissive framework doubled from the end of 2024 to recent observations — not because banks got better, but because the grading curve was relaxed.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Talarico on Monday drew attention to his campaign winning the endorsement of Houston attorney Dan Cogdell, who was part of Paxton’s defense team during the Republican’s historic impeachment trial in 2023 that ended in acquittal.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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While much attention since the fire has focused on rebuilding physical structures, Nemecek said preserving the ranch’s purpose is equally important.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
9 June 2026
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“Hyperawareness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperawareness. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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