Thesaurus results for COGNITIONS

cognitions

noun

plural of cognition

as in perceptions

technical conscious mental activities; the activities of thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering disabilities affecting cognition and judgment

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Recent Examples of cognitions In an interview last year, for example, Hinton warned the technology could eventually take control of humanity, with AI agents in particular potentially able to mirror human cognitions within the decade. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026 Instead, computers became powerful enough that AIs can be churned out by gradient descent, without any human needing to understand the cognitions that grow inside. — Nate Soares, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025

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The data comes from the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute’s inaugural regional well-being survey, which asked adults across 14 counties about their finances, housing, communities and perceptions of their own lives.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026
The school has worked hard to knock down the bogeyman perceptions.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of perceptions

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The vases are mouth-blown and crafted using the corteccia technique, the same employed in the lighting diffusers, which generates lenses and dynamic reflections.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
This gives it a matte appearance that banishes reflections and even (most) fingerprints.

— Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of reflections

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Many young adults who started families in the past twenty years were raised this way, which shaped their own conceptions of how to rear children.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Whether destruction or technological progress, both are purposeful activities, each with different conceptions of success or failure.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of conceptions

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Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and everyone affected by this heartbreaking tragedy.

— Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
The practice involves writing down your intrusive thoughts and fears, and even recording yourself talking about them, and playing that recording back to yourself.

— Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of thoughts

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Their writing would help concepts including gains from trade and the division of labor to take root in the popular imagination.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
And the expansion of the IRL Economy, just like the AI buildout, will require substantial capital to build and modernize venues, bring successful concepts to new markets and create entirely new offerings.

— Davis Noell, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026

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