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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
Kevin Waldman is a psychological researcher at Northwestern University and the University of Michigan, specializing in the cognitive and developmental mechanisms underlying adolescent susceptibility to extremism.
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Kevin Waldman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Two legal experts told the Idaho Statesman that, absent of cognitive or mental deficits, the precedent set in Atkins v. Virginia likely won’t be enough to take the death penalty off the table for Kohberger, although both didn’t discount the challenges people with autism face in the legal system.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 3 Apr. 2025
According to the researchers, diabetes may impair the ACC's ability to link actions with positive outcomes, which could contribute to the cognitive and emotional challenges often seen in people with diabetes.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
The most successful big-box retailers are carving out distinct shopping zones that respect both their brand position and their shoppers’ cognitive bandwidth.
—Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
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Kevin Waldman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Two legal experts told the Idaho Statesman that, absent of cognitive or mental deficits, the precedent set in Atkins v. Virginia likely won’t be enough to take the death penalty off the table for Kohberger, although both didn’t discount the challenges people with autism face in the legal system.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 3 Apr. 2025
According to the researchers, diabetes may impair the ACC's ability to link actions with positive outcomes, which could contribute to the cognitive and emotional challenges often seen in people with diabetes.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
The most successful big-box retailers are carving out distinct shopping zones that respect both their brand position and their shoppers’ cognitive bandwidth.
—Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognitive
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Netanyahu was told to be reasonable on Turkey Since the fall of the Assad dynasty in Syria late last year, Israel and Turkey have been competing in the country over their separate interests there.—
Time,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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Given that this decline coincided with the large-scale movement of the US Commercial fishing fleet into those waters, the idea that overfishing might have something to do with it seemed a reasonable hypothesis.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
9 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
Adjective
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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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Shorts are the only categories whose winners are ineligible for best picture, acting, screenplay or any other major Oscar, due to their length.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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After a week full of monstrous swings, the S&P 500 posted its best weekly performance since November 23, while the Nasdaq saw its best week since November 2022, according to the financial data firm FactSet.—
Anne Marie Drummond Lee,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Cognitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognitive. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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