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of, relating to, or involving conscious mental activities (such as thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering)
cognitive development
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Recent Examples of cognitive
Exposure to the heavy metal can cause developmental and cognitive problems.
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Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Now her endocrinologist and her primary care doctor worry that hypoglycemia may cause falls, broken bones, heart arrhythmias and cognitive damage.
—The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
Someone who has started experiencing symptoms of cognitive decline may be more likely to turn to cannabis.
—Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Concerns about Trump's cognitive abilities were frequently raised during his first term and his presidential campaign.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Now her endocrinologist and her primary care doctor worry that hypoglycemia may cause falls, broken bones, heart arrhythmias and cognitive damage.
—The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
Someone who has started experiencing symptoms of cognitive decline may be more likely to turn to cannabis.
—Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Concerns about Trump's cognitive abilities were frequently raised during his first term and his presidential campaign.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognitive
Adjective
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Multi: Multi-ground (MG) cleats are designed to achieve reasonable levels of traction, grip and control on as many types of ground as possible.—
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Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Read has pleaded not guilty, denied killing O'Keefe and alleged she is being framed, attempting to sow reasonable doubt in prosecutors' claims and asserting that someone else killed O'Keefe and had ties to and influence over the investigation.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Economists rarely find consensus—but the empirical evidence against sweeping tariffs is nearly unanimous.—
Christian Catalini,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Some of Trump’s critics used sketchy arguments and weak empirical evidence to accuse Facebook and other social media services of having allowed Russian propagandists to manipulate Americans into voting for a leader with authoritarian predilections.—
Henry Farrell,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Apr. 2025
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Rajula Srivastava, for contributions in harmonic analysis and analytic number theory, including contributions to the problem of counting rational points near smooth manifolds.—
Alex Cramer,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Apr. 2025
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The breakthrough for me ... for the analytic people to consistently be able to measure where the ball's hitting each player's bat, and design bats specifically for each hitter, is just brilliant.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Okay, top-10 best movie entrance of all time for Blake Lively.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
26 Apr. 2025
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The forthcoming rain was good news for crews battling a wildfire in central New Jersey that erupted on April 22 and has consumed 12,250 acres.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Cognitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognitive. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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