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Recent Examples of unconsciousness
Mercader slipped into unconsciousness twice, resurfacing to offer up more vague, contradictory claims that seemed scripted.
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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
Common spiking drugs including Rohypnol, also known as roofies, GHB, and Ketamine can be covertly placed in drinks causing disorientation, confusion, even temporary paralysis and unconsciousness in those who have been drugged.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
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
Common spiking drugs including Rohypnol, also known as roofies, GHB, and Ketamine can be covertly placed in drinks causing disorientation, confusion, even temporary paralysis and unconsciousness in those who have been drugged.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 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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That is why the spirit of the most racist president in the last 125 years must be remembered so the hate and ignorance can never be repeated.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
20 Feb. 2026
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Mehdi Tafti, a neurophysiologist and a geneticist, said that the unsolved mystery of short sleepers reveals our ignorance about how sleep works.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
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The phrase, part of one of Banks’s most famous ‘Ty-rade’s against contestant Tiffany Richardson in Cycle 4, has been memed into oblivion.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
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Running gags include Moses’ age, certain players’ penchant for forgetfulness and star receiver Stefon Diggs’ proclivity for procreation.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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However, some dogs avoid pills or spit them out due to smell, look or general unfamiliarity.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Asked about Zhang at a regular briefing of reporters in Beijing, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson cited unfamiliarity with the matter.—
Janis Mackey Frayer,
NBC news,
26 Jan. 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 28 Feb. 2026.
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