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
An expert machine operator can make a hydraulic arm seem almost sentient.
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Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Among living things, the sentient rank above the insensitive, and animals above trees.
—Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
The film centers around a high-tech military AI interface — called The Entity — that becomes sentient.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 24 May 2025
The Paramount/Skydance actioner features Cruise as Ethan Hunt following the events of 2023’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, which ended on a cliffhanger with the world threatened by a rogue and sentient AI known as The Entity.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 May 2025
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Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Among living things, the sentient rank above the insensitive, and animals above trees.
—Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
The film centers around a high-tech military AI interface — called The Entity — that becomes sentient.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 24 May 2025
The Paramount/Skydance actioner features Cruise as Ethan Hunt following the events of 2023’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, which ended on a cliffhanger with the world threatened by a rogue and sentient AI known as The Entity.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentient
Adjective
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Having arrived from Mercedes in 2023, a team that had won nine Constructors' Championships, Vowles is aware of the mindset a winning team needs to have.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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The federal police document said Bolsonaro was both aware of the scheme and its main beneficiary.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2025
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And these attempts to defend history cannot take hold if the public remains conscious of what history actually is all about.—
Jeffery Vacante,
Hartford Courant,
10 June 2025
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His mom, Natalie Hernandez, said the project instills positive life lessons, and teaches kids to be environmentally conscious.—
Yvette Fernandez,
NPR,
9 June 2025
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“Sentient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentient. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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