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Recent Examples of subconscious My original motivation was really to have to write a story that would use my subconscious strengths to explore the question of evil, which is at the root of the Bible, at the root of a lot of Greek philosophy, and a lot of Freudian psychology. Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024 Your ‘Type’ Reflects Your Past, Not Your Potential Your type often acts like a subconscious roadmap, guiding you toward people who feel familiar. Mark Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 Influenced by Freud, the Surrealists dove into the subconscious mind, especially dreams and nightmares. Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Dec. 2024 With Venus in Aquarius swimming through your mystical 12th house of spirituality and subconscious realms, you’re presented with an opportunity for deep healing and a sense of liberation. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for subconscious 
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Adjective
  • To take it a step further, Mars will station retrograde in Leo on Dec. 6 — shaking up your 12th house of closure, healing and unconscious patterns — which is also an invitation to reconsider how your residual energies in your subconscious influence your love life.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Her steering wheel, bent and broken, could indicate that Silkwood braced her arms as the impact occurred -- inconsistent with someone being unconscious at the time.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
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  • Maybe that was a subliminal one that seeped into my consciousness.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The surprising impact of subliminal messages on rational, intentional, conscious behavior lends subliminal protocols to practical applications, of which advertising is just one example.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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  • It’s most effectively rendered in the second act’s rumble — a stark, visceral, and surprising set piece that uses rain and strobe lighting and leaves both cast and audience breathless.
    EW Staff, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The shots that killed Thompson are resonating across a national landscape where visceral tensions are running high.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 6 Dec. 2024
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  • For one thing, markets had not significantly anticipated a Trump win in 2016, and indeed there was a reflex selloff on election night, which quickly reversed.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Based on the title character from the Netflix show Vida the Vet, this kit contains five sensory toys for treating patients, including a stethoscope with sound effects and reflex hammer.
    Pamela Brill, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024
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  • Despite initial concerns about Maggie’s reactive nature, the two dogs quickly formed a tight bond.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Light: What are the three main types of asset allocation strategies, and how does the glide path fit into this framework? Sadler: At the most general level, the three categories of asset allocation strategies in personal finance are: static allocation, dynamic allocation and reactive allocation.
    Larry Light, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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  • As the protagonist Ben in Night of the Living Dead (1968), Duane Jones unveiled a distinct facet of pre-conditioned Black martyrdom.
    Malik Peay, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Is the show of regret a conditioned response associated with receiving a less severe punishment?
    Charlotte Hu, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2011
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  • In other words, the best answer is the one that comes straight from our heart and reflects our honest, intuitive, and instinctive views on their questions.
    Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The famed star never had a career plan, preferring to be more instinctive instead.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
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  • Those who follow the teachings of Warren Buffett know only to invest via index funds in a Pavlovian fashion.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Every other outcome only reinforces his Pavlovian impulse to belittle, attack and dominate.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 May 2024

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“Subconscious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subconscious. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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