as in awareness
a state of being aware
his mindfulness of his limited education made him ill at ease around academics
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Recent Examples of mindfulness
In a 2018 interview with Harper's Bazaar, Lopez revealed some of her health and mindfulness practices for feeling and looking youthful.
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Charles Trepany, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Some mindfulness practices ask meditators simply to sit with whatever thoughts, sensations or emotions arise without immediately reacting to them.
—Jeremy David Engels, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
Other 60-second nature rituals, such as resting your bare feet in the grass, touching bark, or sitting in a forest, can foster mindfulness and healing.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 29 Dec. 2025
To better well-being and mood, the holidays need to be a time of mindfulness and presence.
—Dr. Brook Choulet, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
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Charles Trepany, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Some mindfulness practices ask meditators simply to sit with whatever thoughts, sensations or emotions arise without immediately reacting to them.
—Jeremy David Engels, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
Other 60-second nature rituals, such as resting your bare feet in the grass, touching bark, or sitting in a forest, can foster mindfulness and healing.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 29 Dec. 2025
To better well-being and mood, the holidays need to be a time of mindfulness and presence.
—Dr. Brook Choulet, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mindfulness
Noun
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Learn to maintain situational awareness of what the wind is doing at the muzzle and downrange and tune your windcall accordingly.—
John B. Snow,
Outdoor Life,
15 Jan. 2026
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These robots feature multimodal perception, intent recognition, integrated vision, force and tactile sensing, and dual-arm collaborative motion planning with safety awareness.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Jan. 2026
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Microsoft is paying close to attention to the impact of its data centers on local residents.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
13 Jan. 2026
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Play close attention to those quotation marks.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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The fragile skeleton of her ego threatened to snap under the pressure of the animal forces that pressed down on her consciousness, her narrative mind sagging and distended beneath pitiless and grandiose feeling.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
11 Jan. 2026
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Through meditation, the mind naturally relaxes, settles into the present moment, and grants us access to our consciousness and our own innate intelligence.—
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar,
Time,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Mindfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mindfulness. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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