stream of consciousness
noun phrase
1
: the continuous unedited chronological flow of conscious experience through the mind
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Instead of actual reporting, social media can offer a stream of consciousness that often misses key nuances.
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Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
This takes about 20 minutes, at which point Rahma and cohost Andrew Kuo (co-creator of Subway Takes) valiantly try to talk through the clip and end up immediately devolving into a stream of consciousness babble.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2025
The reader is always right there with the character, suspended in a static moment of thought or trapped within their recursive stream of consciousness, circling revelation without ever arriving there.
—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2025
Highlight the Challenges Ahead for DOGE Musk has not often spoken publicly since joining the administration, preferring instead to present a stream of consciousness on X, his social media platform.
—TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
Trump tends to speak in a stream of consciousness style that’s irksome for the leader of the free world.
—Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
My efforts to steer it with questions aren’t ignored but rather incorporated into Bishop’s stream of consciousness.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
Williams gleefully interrupts Faith's stream of consciousness with a profound interjection.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 23 Dec. 2024
Mats gets this stream of consciousness montage kind of form.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
This takes about 20 minutes, at which point Rahma and cohost Andrew Kuo (co-creator of Subway Takes) valiantly try to talk through the clip and end up immediately devolving into a stream of consciousness babble.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2025
The reader is always right there with the character, suspended in a static moment of thought or trapped within their recursive stream of consciousness, circling revelation without ever arriving there.
—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2025
Highlight the Challenges Ahead for DOGE Musk has not often spoken publicly since joining the administration, preferring instead to present a stream of consciousness on X, his social media platform.
—TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
Trump tends to speak in a stream of consciousness style that’s irksome for the leader of the free world.
—Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
My efforts to steer it with questions aren’t ignored but rather incorporated into Bishop’s stream of consciousness.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
Williams gleefully interrupts Faith's stream of consciousness with a profound interjection.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 23 Dec. 2024
Mats gets this stream of consciousness montage kind of form.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Stream of consciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stream%20of%20consciousness. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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