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Recent Examples of unconsciousness
In 2020, the 67-year-old French retiree had been happily married for nearly 50 years when she was informed by police that her husband, Dominique, had over the past decade repeatedly drugged her into unconsciousness, raped her, and videotaped scores of other men raping her as well.
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The Week Us, TheWeek, 4 Mar. 2026
Mercader slipped into unconsciousness twice, resurfacing to offer up more vague, contradictory claims that seemed scripted.
—Josh Ireland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Crews checked vitals and blood pressure and monitored for potential overdose symptoms, including unconsciousness or difficulty breathing, officials said.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
The final stages of hypothermia can include impaired judgement, a false feeling of warmth and unconsciousness followed by death.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
More severe poisonings are easier to spot, causing disorientation, unconsciousness, seizures and even death.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Prior to abducting the girl from her bed, Braddy, now 76, had been severely beating Candy's mother Shandelle Maycock, 22, and choked her to the point of unconsciousness multiple times, according to a brief filed in Florida Supreme Court and obtained by PEOPLE.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
Until that point, many of Max’s scenes outside of Vecna’s prison had been in a state of unconsciousness; back in Hawkins, she’s been stuck in a two-year trance.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2025
Butler became angry, came up behind her, put his arm around her neck, and strangled to unconsciousness.
—Deborah Kim, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2025
The Week Us, TheWeek, 4 Mar. 2026
Mercader slipped into unconsciousness twice, resurfacing to offer up more vague, contradictory claims that seemed scripted.
—Josh Ireland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Crews checked vitals and blood pressure and monitored for potential overdose symptoms, including unconsciousness or difficulty breathing, officials said.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
The final stages of hypothermia can include impaired judgement, a false feeling of warmth and unconsciousness followed by death.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
More severe poisonings are easier to spot, causing disorientation, unconsciousness, seizures and even death.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Prior to abducting the girl from her bed, Braddy, now 76, had been severely beating Candy's mother Shandelle Maycock, 22, and choked her to the point of unconsciousness multiple times, according to a brief filed in Florida Supreme Court and obtained by PEOPLE.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
Until that point, many of Max’s scenes outside of Vecna’s prison had been in a state of unconsciousness; back in Hawkins, she’s been stuck in a two-year trance.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2025
Butler became angry, came up behind her, put his arm around her neck, and strangled to unconsciousness.
—Deborah Kim, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconsciousness
Noun
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The initial photos or videos were ones of unawareness of what is about to go down.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, Weinberger added, the greatest treatment obstacle is patients not taking their medications — sometimes due to anosognosia, the unawareness of being ill, which affects 50% to 98% of people with schizophrenia.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Don’t let the fact that Italy’s unexpected heroics allowed Team USA to back into a quarterfinal spot erase the embarrassment of an all-too-telling admission of ignorance by DeRosa.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
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Austen’s ideal romantic relationships are never founded on ignorance or lies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The game was considered a bubble elimination contest, meaning the loser had their already fading hopes of an at-large NCAA berth slip into oblivion with no more chances to play.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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All of this culminates in a stunning sequence set in a rundown hospital, where the majority of the ensemble returns, and is forced into further moral dilemmas under the threat of oblivion, in a race-against-the-clock finale shot in enrapturing long takes.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Experts recommend placing valuables in zippered pockets inside a bag rather than loose in bins to reduce theft or forgetfulness.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Mar. 2026
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What these succulents don’t handle well is overwatering, so don’t think that giving them a little extra to make up for forgetfulness will pay off.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The unfamiliarity with the play makes it that much harder to execute.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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The inexperience and unfamiliarity of playing with one another started to become less of an issue.—
Dean Spiros,
Twin Cities,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But this time her nescience was justified.—
Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
18 Jan. 2025
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Critics pounced on his gaffes questioning evolution and asserting that vegetation caused pollution, but, as with Trump, Reagan’s backers cared little about these blunders or his nescience over public affairs.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
28 Aug. 2020
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“Unconsciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconsciousness. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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