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"1823, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1830, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"Middle English cogge , of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish kugge cog":"Noun",
"obsolete cog a trick":"Verb",
"probably alteration of cock to cog":"Verb"
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"\u02c8k\u00e4g"
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"noun"
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"inconclusiveness",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness"
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": the quality or state of being cogent":[]
},
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"the cogency of Thomas Paine's celebrated case for American independence",
"satirical comments of great cogency",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Is Biden, who has already suffered attacks as to his mental cogency , up for it",
"His elliptic, woozy songwriting, crammed with texture and motion, yet shunning structure and cogency , subverted ideas about how rap songs could sound and be arranged. \u2014 Stephen Kearse, Rolling Stone , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Some of these changes blur the intimate cogency of the score, as Anthony Tommasini, at the Times, pointed out. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 11 Oct. 2021",
"The creed loses its cogency and dissolves into a meaningless political talking point. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 18 June 2021",
"The third movement often lacked cogency , and several transitions were rough-hewn. \u2014 Tim Diovanni, Dallas News , 13 June 2021",
"Buirski follows the case with cogency and clarity, illuminating its implications and putting it in the perspective of Black and white alliances in the struggle for Civil Rights. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2020",
"Overall, when asked about finding the differences between Adelaide and Red, the actress articulates her choices with impressive depth and cogency . \u2014 David Canfield, EW.com , 19 Nov. 2019",
"Rational cogency is set aside, replaced by a moving blend of unguarded possibility (could) and amorphous delicacy (cloud). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Aug. 2019"
],
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"1667, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8k\u014d-j\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
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"authority",
"conclusiveness",
"convincingness",
"effectiveness",
"force",
"forcefulness",
"persuasion",
"persuasiveness",
"suasiveness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232844",
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the production of electricity using waste heat (as in steam) from an industrial process or the use of steam from electric power generation as a source of heat":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The expansion will construct energy cogeneration units, which the company says will reduce emissions by more than 60 percent at the facility. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 23 Dec. 2019",
"The good news was that the university runs its own cogeneration plant, or cogen, which could provide some of the campus\u2019 buildings with power in the event of an outage. \u2014 Wired , 15 Oct. 2019",
"The company, which employs 600 people in Houston, provides clean electricity generation, cogeneration and energy storage, retail energy and other services in the U.S. and Canada. \u2014 Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle , 15 Aug. 2019",
"Two amendments over a 14-month process added visiting-team locker rooms, increased the pool size to Olympic stature at 50 meters by 25 yards, and added a cogeneration plant, which provides cooling and heating through the recycling of wasted heat. \u2014 Andrew J. Campa, Glendale News-Press , 9 Aug. 2019",
"Other big capital projects in the works include upgrades the Pasadena terminal, St. Charles alkylation unit, and Pembroke cogeneration unit to be complete in 2020. \u2014 Houston Chronicle , 25 July 2019",
"At the heart of the multibuilding complex is a cogeneration plant that recovers wasted heat to make the buildings 70 percent more energy efficient. \u2014 Megan Mcintyre, Hana Hong, Marie Claire , 18 Apr. 2019",
"DeFeo said the Temple sewage should be going to a facility equipped with biogas cogeneration , an anaerobic process in which methane in sewage is made into fuel, making the initiative sustainable. \u2014 Annabelle Williams, Philly.com , 27 June 2018",
"But Temple\u2019s sewage waste (including the liquid by-product from digesters) heads to Philadelphia\u2019s Southeast Sewage Plant, which the city Water Department confirms is not equipped with biogas cogeneration . \u2014 Annabelle Williams, Philly.com , 27 June 2018"
": appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing":[
"cogent evidence"
],
": having power to compel or constrain":[
"cogent forces"
],
": pertinent , relevant":[
"a cogent analysis"
]
},
"examples":[
"\u2026 Honeyboy Edwards provides a cogent analysis of the shift within the blues over the years \u2026 \u2014 David Hajdu , Mother Jones , September/October 2003",
"Your article provides cogent reading. \u2014 Mario Cuomo , letter U.S. News & World Report , 23 Mar. 1992",
"Your arguments, whether or not one agrees with them, are generally cogent , and at times elegantly expressed. \u2014 Willard R. Espy , letter Wall Street Journal , 24 Apr. 1990",
"The author \u2026 makes a cogent and finely nuanced case for the wisdom\u2014indeed, the necessity of this vision. \u2014 Marian Sandmaier , New York Times Book Review , 8 Feb. 1987",
"the results of the DNA fingerprinting were the most cogent evidence for acquittal",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On that basis, a competent statistician might expect the distributions of cogent and tendentious letter-writers to the The New York Review of Books to be bell-shaped. \u2014 Jessica Riskin, The New York Review of Books , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Have a cogent understanding of your organization's business practices and security issues and look at the potential risks of changing those processes to include AI/ML tools. \u2014 Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica , 19 May 2022",
"Bizarre and wrongheaded statements are protected by the First Amendment just as cogent and thoughtful ones are. \u2014 Ronald Sullivan, The Conversation , 9 May 2022",
"Alexander-Walker had just landed from a flight when speaking to media, but showed an impressive ability to give cogent thoughts on his season and the offseason to come while on the move through the airport. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 May 2022",
"While each has some cogent arguments on its side, Biden's position is stronger. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 27 Apr. 2022",
"This is, at best, an incomplete definition\u2014hardly even a passable use of TED\u2019s thought-leader airtime, much less a cogent rationale for a takeover bid equivalent to the G.D.P. of Turkmenistan. \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Greene has crafted a cogent narrative of how constitutional rights have evolved over the course of US history, as well as a strong defense of proportionality. \u2014 David Cole, The New York Review of Books , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Whoever the committee hires to help craft its narrative will face the daunting task of turning months of material into a cogent report. \u2014 Gloria Borger, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1659, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
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"borrowed from Latin c\u014dgent-, c\u014dgens, present participle of c\u014dgere \"to drive together, gather, compress, force, compel,\" from co-, variant before a vowel and h of com- com- + agere \"to drive (cattle), be in motion, do\" \u2014 more at agent":""
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"\u02c8k\u014d-j\u0259nt"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for cogent valid , sound , cogent , convincing , telling mean having such force as to compel serious attention and usually acceptance. valid implies being supported by objective truth or generally accepted authority. a valid reason for being absent a valid marriage sound implies a basis of flawless reasoning or of solid grounds. a sound proposal for reviving the economy cogent may stress either weight of sound argument and evidence or lucidity of presentation. the prosecutor's cogent summation won over the jury convincing suggests a power to overcome doubt, opposition, or reluctance to accept. a convincing argument for welfare reform telling stresses an immediate and crucial effect striking at the heart of a matter. a telling example of bureaucratic waste",
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"compelling",
"conclusive",
"convincing",
"decisive",
"effective",
"forceful",
"persuasive",
"satisfying",
"strong",
"telling"
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": a pair of heavy rolls through which heated steel ingots are passed":[]
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"\u02c8k\u00e4gi",
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": conceivable , thinkable":[]
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8k\u00e4-j\u0259-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
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"definitions":{
": given to deep thought : having the appearance of being in deep meditation : pensive":[]
},
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"Latin cogitabundus , from cogitare":""
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"-\u02ccb\u0259nd"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061945",
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": to meditate deeply or intently":[
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"cogitated on what would be the right thing to do"
],
": to ponder or meditate on usually intently":[
"cogitating the possible consequences of my decision"
]
},
"examples":[
"I was cogitating about my chances of failing.",
"by the time he finishes cogitating what to do with his life, it'll be almost over",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Dyson presents mathematical arguments that these beings can, through shrewd conservation of energy, maintain the resources needed to survive, cogitate and communicate in an eternally expanding cosmos. \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 16 June 2021",
"As his characters cogitate and self-medicate, scheme and philosophize, his subject is less the content of their thoughts than the mind contemplating itself. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 June 2021",
"Jermaine uncovers America's obsession with capitalism and its cogitating impact on his everyday decision making, as well as those around him. \u2014 Michael Saponara, Billboard , 20 Apr. 2018",
"Penrose believes that Hawking's condition has forced him to work more creatively, to take imaginative leaps where someone with a less uncertain future might want to cogitate a little longer. \u2014 Jerry Adler, Newsweek , 14 Mar. 2018",
"But Long, one of the revelers, (Ensemble regular James Rankin, always terrific) has been cogitating , too -- about their lot in life. \u2014 Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com , 9 Dec. 2017",
"But their arguments sustain this 95-minute, intermissionless play and send us away cogitating . \u2014 By Lawrence Toppman, charlotteobserver , 21 Sep. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1582, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
},
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"Latin cogitatus , past participle of cogitare to think, think about, from co- + agitare to drive, agitate":""
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"\u02c8k\u00e4-j\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for cogitate think , cogitate , reflect , reason , speculate , deliberate mean to use one's powers of conception, judgment, or inference. think is general and may apply to any mental activity, but used alone often suggests attainment of clear ideas or conclusions. teaches students how to think cogitate implies deep or intent thinking. cogitated on the mysteries of nature reflect suggests unhurried consideration of something recalled to the mind. reflecting on fifty years of married life reason stresses consecutive logical thinking. able to reason brilliantly in debate speculate implies reasoning about things theoretical or problematic. speculated on the fate of the lost explorers deliberate suggests slow or careful reasoning before forming an opinion or reaching a conclusion or decision. the jury deliberated for five hours",
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"ponder",
"pore (over)",
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"wrestle (with)"
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"verb"
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"antonyms":[],
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": a single thought":[],
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": the capacity to think or reflect":[]
},
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"as long as there's a national deficit, interplanetary exploration will most likely remain an agreeable cogitation and nothing more",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Holbein\u2019s lines and brushwork capture the movement beneath the surface, the constant cogitation and maneuvering for power and survival. \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 15 Oct. 2021",
"And yet, absorbing the feelings generated by Seaver\u2019s departure from New York led me to the kind of inflated cogitation that links Masaccio and the Mets, if only because the feelings were so outsized and anguished and intense. \u2014 Harper's Magazine , 28 Sep. 2021",
"His work, as Joseph Farrell observes in Dario Fo and Franca Rame: Theatre, Politics, Life, contains none of the intimacy, intellectual cogitation , or existential angst that one finds in so many artists of the twentieth century. \u2014 Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books , 12 Mar. 2020",
"But even that scene moves; there isn\u2019t a moment when Smallwood feels bogged down, by grad-school cogitation or anything else. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2021",
"Warhol was seemingly incapable of spontaneity, some private calculus forever ticking away in his head at a speed different from that of normal cogitation . \u2014 Gary Indiana, Harper's Magazine , 25 May 2020",
"Do send us the results of your cogitations in the comments below. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 3 Sep. 2015",
"Agree, or disagree, their opinions could stimulate your cogitation . \u2014 Thomas Fitzgerald, Philly.com , 11 May 2018"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"\u02cck\u00e4-j\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
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"abstraction",
"concept",
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"idea",
"image",
"impression",
"intellection",
"mind's eye",
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"picture",
"thought"
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"type":[
"noun"
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},
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"a cogitative woman who was given to long silences, even in the company of her own family"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8k\u00e4-j\u0259-\u02cct\u0101-tiv"
],
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"synonyms":[
"broody",
"contemplative",
"meditative",
"melancholy",
"musing",
"pensive",
"reflective",
"ruminant",
"ruminative",
"thoughtful"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165139",
"type":[
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]
},
"cogito":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the intellectual processes of the self or ego":[],
": the philosophical principle that one's existence is demonstrated by the fact that one thinks":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Played by Sandler as the cogito -ergo-sum of his ambitions, Howie is in many ways the human embodiment of that Furby, a soul held hopelessly in place by the transactional madness of his reality. \u2014 Isaac Feldberg, Fortune , 23 Dec. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"New Latin cogito, ergo sum , literally, I think, therefore I am, principle stated by Ren\u00e9 Descartes":""
": of the same or similar nature : generically alike":[
"the cognate fields of film and theater"
],
": one that is cognate with another":[
"\"Eat\" and \"essen\" are cognates ."
],
": related by derivation, borrowing, or descent":[
"English \"eat\" and German \"essen\" are cognate ."
],
": related by descent from the same ancestral language":[
"Spanish and French are cognate languages."
],
": related to a verb usually by derivation and serving as its object to reinforce the meaning (such as song in \"she sang a song\")":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"English \u201ceat\u201d and German \u201cessen\u201d are cognate .",
"Spanish and French are cognate languages.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Hence his own always dubious business celebrity became cognate with the mantra of Making America Great Again. \u2014 Kyle Edward Williams, The New Republic , 9 Dec. 2020",
"In their millenarian ardor and inflexible support for Israel, the neocons find themselves in a position precisely cognate to evangelical Christians\u2014both groups of true believers trying to enact their vision through an apostate. \u2014 Jacob Heilbrunn, The New Republic , 23 Jan. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"With its Latin underpinnings, both English and Spanish share many cognates , words that have the same origin. \u2014 Corbett Smith, Dallas News , 2 Apr. 2020",
"And though there\u2019s debate about where the bean first appeared, there\u2019s little dispute that the word coffee is a cognate of qahwah, the Arabic word for both the bean and drink. \u2014 Hasan Dudar, Detroit Free Press , 13 Jan. 2018",
"That Hulu show was the evening\u2019s big winner because its insane prophecy is the Left\u2019s cognate to the broadcasts of those TV pastors who draw an endless pool of suckers by selling the notion that Judgment Day is surely right around the corner. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 18 Sep. 2017",
"Like cognates between English and Spanish (which are due in part to their common descent from the Indo-European language family), there are similarities between Miami and other Algonquian languages. \u2014 Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian , 19 Apr. 2017",
"Overlooking Central Park, the restaurant was pitched as the Manhattan cognate of the French Laundry. \u2014 Gabe Ulla, Town & Country , 8 Sep. 2016",
"Between Catawba and English, there are few cognates , and some sounds are foreign to the English tongue. \u2014 John Paul Brammer, NBC News , 8 May 2017",
"Like cognates between English and Spanish (which are due in part to their common descent from the Indo-European language family), there are similarities between Miami and other Algonquian languages. \u2014 Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian , 19 Apr. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1754, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"circa 1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin cognatus , from co- + gnatus, natus , past participle of nasci to be born; akin to Latin gignere to beget \u2014 more at kin":"Adjective"
},
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"\u02c8k\u00e4g-\u02ccn\u0101t"
],
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"akin",
"alike",
"analogous",
"comparable",
"connate",
"correspondent",
"corresponding",
"ditto",
"like",
"matching",
"parallel",
"resemblant",
"resembling",
"similar",
"such",
"suchlike"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013852",
"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"cognizance":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing)":[],
": jurisdiction , responsibility":[],
": knowledge , awareness":[
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": notice , acknowledgment":[
"take cognizance of their achievement"
]
},
"examples":[
"They seemed to have no cognizance of the crime.",
"take cognizance of what is happening",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But Democrats, who control both chambers of the legislature, dismissed the idea, saying that the already existing committees of cognizance should look into the various aspects of school construction. \u2014 Christopher Keating, courant.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
"According to Deloitte\u2019s Principal & Chief Inclusion Officer Dr. Terri Cooper, leadership traits to strive for are: commitment, courage, cognizance of bias, curiosity, cultural intelligence and collaboration. \u2014 Julia Wuench, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Though there wasn't exactly an apology in Moreno's statement, the tweets do include her cognizance of the Afro-Latinx community's valid feelings on the matter at hand. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 17 June 2021",
"And equity is, essentially, the cognizance of every individual\u2019s uniqueness and needs by promoting justice and impartiality within the practices, processes and systematic distribution of resources. \u2014 Madhukar Govindaraju, Forbes , 1 June 2021",
"The Defense Department announced the establishment of a UFO task force in August, saying the group would be led by the Navy under the cognizance of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security. \u2014 Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner , 16 Apr. 2021",
"Morrison is the first pop artist to show cognizance of COVID reality. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 2 Dec. 2020",
"Still, an inchoate anxiety lurked behind the mania, a fleeting cognizance that for all their demands of more, nothing could ever match this. \u2014 Elaina Plott, New York Times , 27 Oct. 2020",
"And seemingly no cognizance that on that very day, fires were consuming vast swaths of California and Oregon. \u2014 Star Tribune , 18 Sep. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English cognisaunce , latinization (after cogn\u014dscere and its derivatives) of conissaunce, conoisance \"knowledge, understanding, distinguishing mark (as on a shield),\" borrowed from Anglo-French conoisance, conisance , from conis ant, conoiss ant \"aware, mindful\" (from present participle of conoistre \"to know, be aware of,\" going back to Latin cogn\u014dscere \"to get to know, acquire knowledge of\") + -ance -ance \u2014 more at cognition":""
},
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"\u02c8k\u00e4g-n\u0259-z\u0259ns",
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"heed",
"knowledge",
"mindfulness",
"note",
"notice",
"observance",
"observation"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025746",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cognizant":{
"antonyms":[
"insensible",
"oblivious",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"unmindful",
"unwitting"
],
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"examples":[
"Not like some college kid beaming in blissful ignorance, but rather like a worldly 23-year-old, self-aware and fully cognizant of the dire straits he's entering. \u2014 Jody Berger , ESPN , 14 June 1999",
"\u2026 the idea of a machine cognizant of that human Achilles' heel, emotion, can conjure more sinister images\u2014like HAL, the savvy, menacing computer in \"2001,\" whose fear that he would be unplugged led him to kill all but one of the crew members on a space mission. \u2014 Daniel Goleman , New York Times , 7 Jan. 1997",
"\u2026 to assure you that I am neither privy to, nor cognizant of, any such clique; and that I most potently disbelieve in the existence of any such. \u2014 Abraham Lincoln , letter , 13 Oct. 1849",
"He is cognizant of his duties as a father.",
"not fully cognizant of the details of the trade agreement",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Bucks are cognizant of this and haven\u2019t always gone that route. \u2014 Brian Sampson, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"The organization's three pharmacists, pharmacy technician, interns from the University of Cincinnati School of Pharmacy and volunteers are cognizant of the struggles their clients face, Broomall said. \u2014 Terry Demio, The Enquirer , 29 June 2022",
"Proper hydration also plays a key factor for sure, and being cognizant of the types of ingredients and nourishment that's going to sustain your energy rather than deplete it. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 June 2022",
"Already cognizant of the tradition the Colts have at the quarterback position on the field, Ryan is ready to step into the tradition Colts quarterbacks have built off of it. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 23 Apr. 2022",
"About seven days later, Kimberly became cognizant enough to speak clearly and recognize family. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Biden remains cognizant that for many Americans, the crisis remains a faraway concern. \u2014 Kevin Liptak, CNN , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Your desire for your son to not suffer may interfere with creating solutions, so stay cognizant of your own panic and worry. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Jan. 2022",
"At the same time, policy makers need to be cognizant that employment tends to be a lagging indicator. \u2014 Justin Lahart, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"1820, in the meaning defined above":""
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"aware",
"conscious",
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": know , understand":[]
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"the philosopher's claim that we can never cognize \u2014in a fundamental sense\u2014anything",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As a social networking platform, individuals should cognize the importance of having a fully complete and impressive profile. \u2014 Robin Ryan, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022"
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"circa 1856, in the meaning defined above":""
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"k\u00e4g-\u02c8n\u012bz"
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"assimilate",
"behold",
"catch",
"catch on (to)",
"compass",
"comprehend",
"conceive",
"cotton (to ",
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"decode",
"dig",
"discern",
"get",
"grasp",
"grok",
"intuit",
"know",
"make",
"make out",
"perceive",
"recognize",
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"sense",
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"richly deserved the cognomen of \u201cButterfingers\u201d",
"\u201cChristopher Columbus\u201d is the Latinized cognomen of the navigator who was known to his Spanish crewmates as Crist\u00f3bal Col\u00f3n",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Part of the Tuscia \u2014 cognomen of lush forested Viterbo, crossed by the ancient Roman Francigena road and land of the Etruscans before that \u2014 Gradoli is also volcanic. \u2014 Susan H. Gordon, Forbes , 3 Sep. 2021",
"The cognomen , or surname, of the Oba is Ekpen-owa, or home leopard. \u2014 NOLA.com , 1 Feb. 2021",
"Moore submitted dozens of wonderful, wondrous cognomens , including Mongoose Civique, Regina-rex, Aeroterre, Dearborn Diamant\u00e9 and the deathless Utopian Turtletop. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 20 Mar. 2020",
"Denmark, Iceland, Hungary and Saudi Arabia also enforce specific naming conventions where common American cognomens might not make the cut. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 26 Sep. 2017"
],
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"1691, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Latin, irregular from co- + nomen name \u2014 more at name":""
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"surname"
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"noun"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224438",
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": to determine judicially especially with respect to insanity":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin cognoscere to become acquainted with":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043549",
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"transitive verb"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin cognoscent-, cognoscens , present participle of cognoscere":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164554",
"type":[
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": a person who has expert knowledge in a subject : connoisseur":[
"a computer cognoscente",
"a cognoscente of the art world"
]
},
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"a cognoscente of medieval painting",
"cognoscenti in the art world knew that most of the works being auctioned off were second-rate stuff",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Covington's cognoscente , epicures, glitterati, and connoisseurs all met at Grand Tasting 2018, part of the week-long celebration A Taste of Covington sponsored by the Covington Business Association. \u2014 Ann Benoit, NOLA.com , 6 May 2018"
],
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"1776, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"borrowed from Italian (now spelled conoscente ), from cognoscente, conoscente adjective, \"knowing,\" from present participle of cognoscere, conoscere \"to know, have knowledge of,\" going back to Latin cogn\u014dscere \"to get to know, acquire knowledge of\" \u2014 more at cognition":""
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"\u02cck\u00e4g-n\u0259-",
"\u02cck\u00e4n-y\u0259-\u02c8shen-t\u0113",
"-\u02c8sen-"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That means, for example, pursuing technology to help with decision-making, coordinating care among doctors, or supporting cognitive therapy . \u2014 Meredith Cohn, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"The father of four underwent a 14-week cognitive therapy course and began to educate himself about his mental illness, eventually learning how to manage it. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022",
"Physical therapy, cognitive therapy , support groups and rehabilitation have all been taking place in the metaverse even before the term existed. \u2014 Eran Orr, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Brain fog and cognitive difficulties may be treatable in some patients with cognitive therapy approaches. \u2014 Jack Gorman, Quartz , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Carson has admitted to undergoing a 14-week cognitive therapy course and educating himself about mental health after being diagnosed with general anxiety disorder. \u2014 Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Although some psychotherapists still question Dr. Beck\u2019s approach, cognitive therapy began to be more widely accepted after 1980. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Some people with mild-to-moderate depression may feel better just with cognitive behavioral therapy, but others may benefit from trying cognitive therapy in combination with antidepressants. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, SELF , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Beck trained as a psychoanalyst, and his study of psychoanalytic concepts of depression led to his development of cognitive therapy in the 1960s, according to the Beck Institute. \u2014 Amy Woodyatt, CNN , 2 Nov. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1970, in the meaning defined above":""
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Newton uses findings from genetics, cognitive science and other fields to wrestle with ideas around inheritance \u2014 does knowing who gave us our eyes and (perhaps) our tempers trap us or free us",
"Emiko Muraki is a doctoral candidate in brain and cognitive science at the University of Calgary. \u2014 Emiko Muraki And Penny Pexman, CNN , 12 May 2022",
"That fits broader extensive research from cognitive science on how people can be impacted by nudges, meaning non-coercive efforts to shape the environment so as to influence people\u2019s behavior in a predictable manner. \u2014 Gleb Tsipursky, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
"Jim Davies is a professor of cognitive science at Carleton University. \u2014 Jim Davies, Scientific American , 18 May 2022",
"Mednick, who lives in Kensington, is a professor of cognitive science at UC Irvine. \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022",
"But little of that evidence from cognitive science is reflected in the practice guide, or in the research the panel surveyed. \u2014 Natalie Wexler, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Interest in cognitive science and logic drove Dixon to pursue bachelor and master\u2019s degrees in philosophy at Columbia University in the early 1990s. \u2014 Alex Konrad, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Notably lacking was a robust emphasis on teaching, learning, cognitive science , child psychology, behavior management, curriculum, or any other practicalities of the classroom. \u2014 Daniel Buck, National Review , 27 Mar. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1975, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204010"
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"k\u00e4g-\u02c8ni-sh\u0259n"
],
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"examples":[
"disabilities affecting cognition and judgment",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The first cognition is pleasant, but is inconsistent with the second, so the path of least resistance, for some people, is simply to disregard or reason away the second. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
"The facility should contact that person and express their concern about this resident\u2019s declining cognition and her decreasing ability to safely live independently. \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 8 July 2021",
"For older adults concerned about their cognition after Covid, McAuley recommends a neuropsychological exam. \u2014 Judith Graham, CNN , 26 May 2022",
"The cognition inside living creatures, crafted through billions of years of evolution, is cause for even greater inspiration. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker , 12 May 2022",
"The spider\u2019s web may be properly\u2014meaning not only metaphorically\u2014considered as the locus of its extended cognition . \u2014 Justin E. H. Smith, Wired , 3 Mar. 2022",
"But the steady progress of technology means that the arenas in which computers will outstrip human cognition \u2013 and even comprehension \u2013 will steadily increase. \u2014 Gautam Mukunda, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
"High concentrations of lead in the blood can cause problems with the heart, kidneys and cognition . \u2014 Bydr. Rebecca Fujimura, ABC News , 17 May 2022",
"Disengaged neural activity, calibrated simultaneously by outside experience, is the essence of cognition . \u2014 Gy\u00f6rgy Buzs\u00e1ki, Scientific American , 14 May 2022"
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"Middle English cognicioun \"comprehension, ability to comprehend,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French cognicion \"knowledge, jurisdiction,\" borrowed from Latin cogniti\u014dn-, cogniti\u014d \"act of getting to know, comprehension, investigation,\" from cogni- , variant stem of cogn\u014dscere \"to get to know, acquire knowledge of, become acquainted with, investigate\" (from co- co- + gn\u014dscere, n\u014dscere \"to get to know,\" inchoative derivative from Indo-European *\u01f5neh 3 -, *\u01f5\u1e47h 3 - \"to know, recognize\") + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d , suffix of action nouns \u2014 more at know entry 1":""
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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": psychotherapy that combines cognitive therapy with behavior therapy by identifying faulty or maladaptive patterns of thinking, emotional response, or behavior and substituting them with desirable patterns of thinking, emotional response, or behavior":[
"\u2014 abbreviation CBT",
"Cognitive behavioral therapy prods patients to do things that will make them feel a sense of accomplishment and connection, and to avoid interpreting situations as being worse than they are.",
"\u2014 David H. Freedman",
"The most scientifically studied technique, cognitive behavior therapy , teaches people to identify and dispute self-degrading thoughts \u2026 that can feed on themselves and cause people to sink into despair.",
"\u2014 Benedict Carey"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With five clinics so far, the NewYork-Presbyterian Youth Anxiety Center sees nearly 50,000 visits each year, as well as spearhead a digital application to deliver cognitive behavioral therapy to patients who don't live in New York. \u2014 Ana Escalante, Glamour , 7 June 2022",
"There are different styles of cognitive behavioral therapy based on the problem that the client wants to work on. \u2014 Laura E. Knouse, The Conversation , 9 May 2022",
"Most of his patients were girls, and less than half have fully recovered after treatment, which in some cases included cognitive behavioral therapy and staying off TikTok. \u2014 Julie Jargon, WSJ , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The group that received the climbing treatment improved significantly more than those in the exercise program and similarly to the group that received cognitive behavioral therapy . \u2014 Ula Chrobak, Outside Online , 6 Oct. 2020",
"The funding goes toward teachers, life coaches, cognitive behavioral therapy and a payment of $150 per week to each participant to help with costs, such as child care and parking, while they\u2019re enrolled in the course. \u2014 Emily Davies, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"Common forms of treatment include cognitive behavioral therapy and medication. \u2014 Tom Spiggle, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Another drug-free way to treat migraine is using neurobehavioral techniques such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which can change how the brain functions, including interrupting and redirecting negative thought patterns and behaviors. \u2014 Abigail Libers, SELF , 13 May 2022",
"That practice is different from the treatment most patients are likely to be familiar with\u2014 cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)\u2014a type of therapy designed to help people identify and change negative thought and behavior patterns. \u2014 Emma Yasinski, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 May 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1975, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004707"
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"noun"
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": psychological conflict resulting from incongruous beliefs and attitudes held simultaneously":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Reconciling unusually high temperatures with the looks for next summer on Milan Fashion Week runways is becoming an exercise in cognitive dissonance . \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 19 June 2022",
"Twitter\u2019s most committed users often love the service and hate it with equal passion, two feelings that can coexist without much cognitive dissonance . \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker , 21 Apr. 2022",
"These ideas in opposition create cognitive dissonance , and this makes people uncomfortable in a way not reducible to prejudice alone. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Joel Cooper, a psychologist at Princeton who has studied pandemic cognitive dissonance , told me. \u2014 Melinda Wenner Moyer, The Atlantic , 20 Jan. 2022",
"For many, that cognitive dissonance is greater than ever. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 18 May 2022",
"This cognitive dissonance sometimes helps to excuse the actions of the mob itself. \u2014 WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"But there can be a cognitive dissonance to seeing an 80-year old who looks so youthful. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"If that purpose is not being met, there might be a cognitive dissonance between the object\u2019s utility and the context in which it\u2019s being used. \u2014 Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1957, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015008"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a relative by blood especially on the mother's side":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
]
},
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"-\u02c8n\u0101t\u0259s"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043929"
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},
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The mountain today is a popular attraction for tourists, who ascend the top via hiking trail, precarious auto road or popular cog railway . \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
"Dropped from consideration was a billion-dollar cog railway , a transportation staple that has virtually eliminated private automobiles in some of Europe\u2019s famed alpine destinations. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 June 2021",
"The cable car service first opened in August 1970 after almost three years of works to replace a cog railway , its website said. \u2014 NBC News , 23 May 2021",
"Festivities for the July 3 birthday of the world\u2019s first mountain-climbing cog railway are scheduled at the base station from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday. \u2014 USA TODAY , 1 July 2019",
"Clark would hike to the top, call them from telephones at the visitors center, then take the cog railway or hitch a ride to the bottom with a car on the Auto Road. \u2014 Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2019"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090727"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"definitions":{
": the ethical theory of a cognitivist":[]
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"cognitive impairment"
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": based on or capable of being reduced to empirical factual knowledge":[]
},
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"\u02c8k\u00e4g-n\u0259t-iv",
"\u02c8k\u00e4g-n\u0259-tiv"
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"examples":[
"Homo sapiens' survival is founded in their filling an evolutionary niche referred to as the cognitive niche. \u2014 Daniel Grassam , Skeptical Inquirer , July/August 2001",
"Researchers are debating whether heading balls can dent the cognitive skills of young soccer players for life. \u2014 Lisa McLaughlin , Time , 5 June 2000",
"Further into the forebrain, motor functions trail off and cognitive functions, involving planning and thinking about the future, begin. \u2014 Sandra Blakeslee , New York Times , 8 Nov. 1994",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Previous research has linked the inability to stand on one leg to a greater risk of falls and to cognitive decline. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 21 June 2022",
"Initial results released in 2020 showed neither drug slowed cognitive decline, which was measured by various memory and thinking tests. \u2014 Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"But because depression can itself be a sign of cognitive decline, the causality has been a bit muddy. \u2014 Claudia Wallis, Scientific American , 15 June 2022",
"The theory is sound, and while some animal studies showed some benefit, a year-long study of benfotiamine was unable to show a statistically significant benefit in cognitive decline. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
"The researchers found that plasmalogens were able to stop cognitive decline. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 22 May 2022",
"Past researchers had shown that loneliness, like other forms of stress, was associated with depression, inflammation, cognitive decline and heart disease. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"While the effects on cognitive decline may seem ambiguous, Aduhelm indisputably reduces patients\u2019 amyloid plaques. \u2014 Andrew Williams, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Stephanie Ann Kyle, 38, suffers from a cognitive condition that may impair her judgment, police said. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 16 Mar. 2022"
],
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"borrowed from Medieval Latin cognit\u012bvus \"concerned with knowing,\" from Latin cognitus , past participle of cogn\u014dscere \"to get to know, acquire knowledge of\" + -\u012bvus -ive \u2014 more at cognition":""
