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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
Her work has included an investigation into curcumin’s relationship to the microbiome, as well as a collaboration with the university’s psychology department to examine its effects on cognitive function.
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Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
Fred was pushed by a high school student who has a cognitive disability.
—Camille Phillips, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
Through psychological concepts like ‘splitting’ and ‘cognitive closure,’ Barron reveals the pitfalls of binary thinking and the discomfort of ambiguity, urging readers to embrace the nuanced complexities of relationships that exist outside of social media.
—Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Consistent low water intake can lead to short-term memory loss and disrupt cognitive performance.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 2 Dec. 2024
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Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
Fred was pushed by a high school student who has a cognitive disability.
—Camille Phillips, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
Through psychological concepts like ‘splitting’ and ‘cognitive closure,’ Barron reveals the pitfalls of binary thinking and the discomfort of ambiguity, urging readers to embrace the nuanced complexities of relationships that exist outside of social media.
—Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Consistent low water intake can lead to short-term memory loss and disrupt cognitive performance.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognitive
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Additionally, offering a reasonable grace period can allow employees time to adapt to the new policy.Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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The two are linked: Disputes are much easier to solve when all parties have a reasonable prospect of prosperity.Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
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The trio all hired the best-in-class consultants and advisers to handle the practical day-to-day grind, and usually persuaded the bosses that the empirical evidence offered a rational prescription.Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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Although the nation’s intelligence agencies have been divided over COVID’s origins, no empirical evidence has ever been published to support the lab-leak theory.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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This use case can leverage an open-source LLM’s analytic functions, such as clustering or vector similarity.Dean DeBiase, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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However, analytic departments love him because of his high contact rate and solid exit velocities.Jim Bowden, The Athletic, 13 July 2024
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Joe Buscaglia, Bills beat writer Rams survive Allen’s best ‘hero ball’ Throughout the first half, the Rams’ defense (and Buffalo’s game plan) made Allen look mortal.Tim Graham, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Plus, all of the pup's best and (hilariously worst) moments on set.Lauren Huff, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Cognitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognitive. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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