as in aware
having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind
sentient of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
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Recent Examples of sentient
Scientific consensus now recognizes fish as sentient beings capable of experiencing suffering.
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Arkansas Online, 2 Feb. 2026
This isn’t because AI is sentient.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
There are interesting ideas in the anime trilogy, including this middle installment’s reimagining of Mechagodzilla not as a robot kaiju but a semi-sentient metal city that will do battle with an impossibly large King of the Monsters.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
China’s most consequential victory is something no sentient person could have possibly foreseen.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 2 Feb. 2026
This isn’t because AI is sentient.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
There are interesting ideas in the anime trilogy, including this middle installment’s reimagining of Mechagodzilla not as a robot kaiju but a semi-sentient metal city that will do battle with an impossibly large King of the Monsters.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
China’s most consequential victory is something no sentient person could have possibly foreseen.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentient
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One activist said the group is aware of the concerns, as well as worries about noise complaints, but counter that with the changing tactics of ICE agents in their communities, residents are also looking for new, flexible, grassroots ways to alert people.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Be aware that sodium nitrite is added to the brine to prevent bacterial growth and to give the meat its characteristic pink color.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Mar. 2026
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Ellis made efforts to bring Jack Wilshere back into the academy, wanting that Arsenal connection embedded into the coaching leadership and conscious of the need to reintroduce a winning culture to the academy.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Police said the man was alert, conscious, and breathing when officers arrived.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Sentient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentient. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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