noetic

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Recent Examples of noetic What To Know According to details shared by Doubleday, the book opens in Prague, where Langdon plans to attend a lecture by noetic scientist Katherine Solomon. Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025 The rules of the game were simple: a Noetic representative introduced the basic concept before giving the floor to experts in each of the technology fields. David Axe, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for noetic
Adjective
  • Even study or doing a mental journey of some kind will interest you and satisfy your crave for excitement.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2026
  • As with every person who has his name on a book, Mercer was enthusiastic about its content and a simple message of how someone can get through the day without falling victim to drugs, alcohol and the various forms of mental torture.
    Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Humor can release the writer from values of the past, along with judgment and disapproval, and instead, humor can become the very conduit for re-thinking events.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Nibert loved the free-thinking spirit of the village and its college.
    Keith BieryGolick, Cincinnati.com, 28 Aug. 2019
Adjective
  • Unlike the city of Poway, which favors hitching posts over parking meters, San Diego has elected to ignore all rational analyses of parking fee options, in favor of looking at parking as a cash cow.
    Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • In 2026, China’s luxury sector is more selective, rational, and emotionally discerning than ever.
    Yiling Pan, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Employees still receiving paychecks include around 57,000 Customs and Border Protection officers, 25,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, and 51,000 Coast Guard members, according to the internal numbers.
    Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • An internal memo sent to the member states of the European Union raised security concerns that thousands of people — the majority of those living in the camp — may have escaped, according to a Reuters report that was confirmed to CNN by an EU official.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Shade notes that for guides routinely working with clients who have endured trauma or have mental health issues, education around psychological first aid can be profoundly helpful.
    Maya Silver, Outside, 25 Feb. 2026
  • To capture the character’s duality – a polished professional exterior masking profound inner darkness – the actress made deliberate physical and psychological adjustments during production.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • And at that point, ushered into the floating mists of non-consensus with murmurings of political unease regarding content or intellectual befuddlement regarding style, the briefly sighted, singular beast of language vanishes from the visible landscape.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Only the party of such intellectual giants as Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar and Eric Swalwell could conclude this is a logical course of action.
    Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Acemoglu said the focus on AI’s development and the pursuit of artificial general intelligence—technology that matches or exceeds human cognitive abilities—is the wrong priority.
    Jake Angelo, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Cremini mushrooms deliver umami and may help cognitive function.
    Virginia Willis, AJC.com, 22 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Until recently, his only comfort was a large orangutan plush toy that some brilliant member of staff gifted him as a tool for muscle building and maternal replacement.
    Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Fifty years later, Lumet and Chayefsky’s brilliant work of art is neither a satire nor reportage.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2026

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“Noetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noetic. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.

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