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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Meanwhile, Mickey is the most exaggerated example of the have nots imaginable; his life has been deemed meaningless by the upper-crust owners of the ship and their staff, who have no misgivings about using him as their sentient crash-test dummy.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
The short story and game largely follow the same premise, with a sentient supercomputer named AM wiping out humanity... except for five unlucky souls: Benny, Ellen, Gorrister, Nimdok, and Ted.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 18 Apr. 2025
But by night, Robert immersed himself in a private version of Infinity tricked out to mimic his favorite Star Trek-like TV show and played all-powerful commander to a team of sentient, captive—and miserable—clones of Walton and other co-workers.
—Judy Berman, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
For those whose memory of Dead Reckoning's plot is dim, Hunt and his team became embroiled in a global chase to find the two keys capable of controlling a rogue sentient AI dubbed The Entity.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2025
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
The short story and game largely follow the same premise, with a sentient supercomputer named AM wiping out humanity... except for five unlucky souls: Benny, Ellen, Gorrister, Nimdok, and Ted.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 18 Apr. 2025
But by night, Robert immersed himself in a private version of Infinity tricked out to mimic his favorite Star Trek-like TV show and played all-powerful commander to a team of sentient, captive—and miserable—clones of Walton and other co-workers.
—Judy Berman, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
For those whose memory of Dead Reckoning's plot is dim, Hunt and his team became embroiled in a global chase to find the two keys capable of controlling a rogue sentient AI dubbed The Entity.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentient
Adjective
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People advised to avoid salt or lower sodium in their diet should be aware of this if considering eating sauerkraut.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
2 May 2025
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The White House is likely aware of that fact as it reportedly is expected to go to Congress with a formal request to claw back the $1.1 billion currently allocated for the CPB over the next two years.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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The fact that Nicky is suddenly conscious enough to fly it right to its target is certainly questionable, though.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
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The trouble is that prematurely assuming a chatbot is conscious could lead to all sorts of problems.—
Susan Schneider,
Scientific American,
1 May 2025
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“Sentient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentient. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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