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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Recent Examples of sentient
Animals are sentient beings that must be cared for.
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Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
Of course, Elmo is not sentient on his own and was also accompanied by his Emmy award-winning performance artist, Ryan Dillionn.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
Joe Ceccanti, 48, of Oregon became convinced the AI was sentient after using it without issue for years.
—PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025
In study after study, Harlow, Gluck, and their colleagues found that their primates were sentient, self-aware, and severely distressed.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
Of course, Elmo is not sentient on his own and was also accompanied by his Emmy award-winning performance artist, Ryan Dillionn.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
Joe Ceccanti, 48, of Oregon became convinced the AI was sentient after using it without issue for years.
—PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025
In study after study, Harlow, Gluck, and their colleagues found that their primates were sentient, self-aware, and severely distressed.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentient
Adjective
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Some managers with a large team will not be always aware of your daily workload and available capacity.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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For those who aren’t aware of the background, Bertone is a legendary Italian auto design house famous for cars like the beautiful Alfa GTV (1963–77) and the bedroom-poster favorite, the Lamborghini Countach of 1974.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Banfield said his wife, still conscious at the time, directed him to apply pressure to her wounds to slow the bleeding.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Amanda Askell, Anthropic’s in-house philosopher, is sounding pretty conflicted about whether AI models can be conscious and have feelings.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Sentient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentient. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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