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Recent Examples of subconscious
The titanically prolific King is himself workmanlike on a sentence level, but his ideas have a way of slinking into the subconscious and taking root.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
Was that a deliberate choice or a matter of subconscious influence?
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
Intuition is based on the subconscious recognition of patterns from information also gathered subconsciously.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
In addition to awakening her creativity, the potion also unleashes a number of dark monsters that inhabit her subconscious, one of which is her mother, who appears transformed into a hairy monster that Mia is forced to confront.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
Was that a deliberate choice or a matter of subconscious influence?
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
Intuition is based on the subconscious recognition of patterns from information also gathered subconsciously.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
In addition to awakening her creativity, the potion also unleashes a number of dark monsters that inhabit her subconscious, one of which is her mother, who appears transformed into a hairy monster that Mia is forced to confront.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subconscious
Adjective
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Advertisement Whether out of unconscious sexism, his infatuation with her, or both, Lee was catastrophically wrong in assuming that Betty Jo was an innocent victim in the Washberg affair.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Jokes and dreams are two of the best ways to reveal someone’s unconscious life.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Mainstream rap nowadays is suffocating from meaningless rivalries, subliminal shots for stans to decode and misinterpret, and redundant talk of who’s really in the streets and who’s snitching.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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The whole video is a subliminal ad for your live shows.—
David Zucker,
Deadline,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In DaCosta’s pressure-cooker reimagining, that suffocation becomes not just visible but visceral — and through Hoss’s performance, unexpectedly, powerfully alive.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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But the volume and intensity of the songs—with thumping sub-bass and lightning-crack drums—were visceral.—
Daniel Dylan Wray,
Pitchfork,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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But largely absent from the show was a pain management disorder – reflex neurovascular dystrophy, also known as complex regional pain syndrome – that Sioux has dealt with for much of her life.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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In each case, there's a recognition that some players might want to explore a game's world—to experience the characters, art, and dialogue that the developers worked so hard to craft—without struggling through mechanical reflex tests or grindy, repetitive challenges.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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His time there reinforced his conviction that security must be proactive rather than reactive.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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This creates a constant state of reactive crisis management that feels incredibly busy but rarely moves us toward our actual goals.—
Brendan Keegan,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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As the protagonist Ben in Night of the Living Dead (1968), Duane Jones unveiled a distinct facet of pre-conditioned Black martyrdom.—
Malik Peay,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2023
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The new formula is infused with a luscious blend of flower oils so that lashes feel conditioned and supple to the touch.—
Daisy Maldonado,
SELF,
13 Sep. 2022
Adjective
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The piece Lee publishes isn’t a Pulitzer-winning takedown, but a posthumous profile of the reclusive, kind-hearted Dale, a man who shares Dale’s love of crime writers like Jim Thompson and instinctive empathy for underdogs.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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Not home in the physical sense, but in the ancestral one — that instinctive recognition that lives in the bones.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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When the needle finally drops, the effect is Pavlovian.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
25 July 2025
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The result is a political Pavlovian response where even modest tax reforms come with a side of millionaire exodus think-pieces.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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“Subconscious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subconscious. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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