subconscious

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Recent Examples of subconscious Secrets from your subconscious could surface at this time, Taurus. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025 The illustrator dredged the depths of his own subconscious—and tapped into something collectively screwy in America. Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025 Or is there a chance that Athena Grant somehow drifted into Max’s subconscious? Claire Franken, TVLine, 21 Mar. 2025 But who exactly is The Sentry, what are his origins, powers, and comrades in the fight against justice, and what’s the deal with his evil subconscious manifestation, The Void? Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for subconscious
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Adjective
  • According to the district attorney’s office, the autopsy also revealed that Bella still may have been alive, although unconscious, when Landon folded her body and stuffed it in the bucket head first.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 6 May 2025
  • The pregnant woman, who had been in her second trimester, was found unconscious and not breathing when police arrived at the home, the probable cause said.
    Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2025
Adjective
  • Through the prism of his performance, Eastern Promises flirts with a deeper portrait of total psychological reinvention — the subliminal theme that must have drawn the director to such ordinary material in the first place.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
  • No wonder the movie keeps cutting to nearly subliminal flashbacks of Brosnahan — an overcompensating attempt to fill the void where its heart should be.
    A.A. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The use of rapid, disorienting camera movements and urgent pacing — all motivated by the experience of the protagonist — creates a visceral sense of unease, pulling the audience directly into her emotional state.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 May 2025
  • When darkness falls, the walking begins in this vital, visceral evocation of the experience of migrants undertaking a hazardous journey on foot across the US border.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • But ultimately, the week ended with a pretty good array of extremes in selling pressure and hedging demand of the sort that should turn the risk-reward more favorable for a reflex bounce before too long.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2025
  • The reflex reaction would be to suggest that without Stiller and Goretzka, Germany lost control in midfield.
    Manuel Veth, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet, despite the clear demand, our collective response remains fragmented, reactive, and in many cases, ineffective.
    Terina Allen, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • Iannone sounded a positive note over the potential impact of tariffs, at least on the collectibles segment, given trading cards are largely an internal U.S. market and tend to be less reactive to spending pullbacks by consumers compared to purchases of new items.
    Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • 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
Adjective
  • Game 5 was the summation of his work in the dunker spot with his instinctive cutting.
    Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • That’s the paradox of conflict — our most instinctive reactions are often misinterpreted.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Drivers build lives around parking: the work shifts altered to align with the alternate-side-rotation hours, the keys always in the pocket, the Pavlovian alertness at the chirp of an unlocking car.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
  • After a decade, my body reacts in a Pavlovian way to its stimuli, the scroll of torsos, the dopamine of a red dot notification, a three-toned beep that perks you up in your chair.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 11 Feb. 2025

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“Subconscious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subconscious. Accessed 15 May. 2025.

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