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Recent Examples of subconscious
On view through March 29, the exhibition traces Lynch’s lifelong dialogue between material experimentation and subconscious imagery, including a series of photographs taken in Berlin in 1999.
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Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
Visualization primes the subconscious so bodies react automatically during competition, when fast-moving courses demand instinctive responses.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Maybe at a subconscious level there’s a certain amount of self-censorship.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, his daytime trade as a geologist brought him from his home turf near Nashville to the Pacific Northwest, that rugged place whose seismic activity seems to thrum like the gears of a great subconscious.
—Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 11 Feb. 2026
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Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
Visualization primes the subconscious so bodies react automatically during competition, when fast-moving courses demand instinctive responses.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Maybe at a subconscious level there’s a certain amount of self-censorship.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, his daytime trade as a geologist brought him from his home turf near Nashville to the Pacific Northwest, that rugged place whose seismic activity seems to thrum like the gears of a great subconscious.
—Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subconscious
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Officers responded to reports of an unconscious 42-year-old man lying in the grass near Cottonwood Creek Trail Friday evening.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Mar. 2026
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The panel watched footage of an unconscious 17-year-old girl being raped by Oren Alexander, which the public was not permitted to see.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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An imperfect but useful analogy might be subliminal messaging, but for AI.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
26 Feb. 2026
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Beliefs and routines tug at one another as the subliminal Moon in your 9th House of Expansion squares companionable Venus in your 6th House of Work.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Feb. 2026
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Bracketed by a song about ICE disappearing US citizens and another song with a visceral description of torture, this erotic vision of national unity is more than simply titillating.—
Stephen M. Deusner,
Pitchfork,
11 Mar. 2026
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In ‘Leviticus,’ Adrian Chiarella harnesses horror’s visceral power to confront homophobia with intelligence and imaginative flair, transforming a story of young love under siege into a gripping, urgent debut.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
10 Mar. 2026
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Every time missiles fly over the Middle East, the same reflex kicks in: Traders panic, headlines scream about $100 oil, and columnists invoke the 1973 Arab oil embargo.—
Wael Mahdi,
semafor.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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There was a reflex stop on a David Kämpf flash rebound in the second period.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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That scope, combined with rapidly evolving technology and expanding workplace coverage, has moved fertility from a private, reactive experience to one defined by data, planning, and proactive decision-making.—
Allison Palmer
March 9,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Mar. 2026
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Certain reactive pans can interact with your ingredients, leading to an off-taste.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026
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
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Trump’s instinctive hawkishness and abiding belief in military coercion as a solution to American problems extend well beyond Iran.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, virtual modeling and, albeit to a lesser extent, humanoid robotics are slowly breaking through the uncanny valley — our instinctive distrust of things that look and act almost like human beings but not quite.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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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 12 Mar. 2026.
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