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Recent Examples of consciousness This double consciousness – being part of the culture, yet apart from it – is what makes conversos vital to understanding the complexities of colonial Latin America. Flora Cassen, The Conversation, 27 June 2025 And most recently, on the television show Severance, a corporation offers its employees a procedure that splits their consciousness in two, creating workers untroubled by their outside self’s emotions. Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025 Victims may see a bruise or small red mark at the injection site and, if injected with an unknown substance, report blurry vision, nausea, or feeling woozy, dizzy, and even loss of consciousness, according to Spike Aware UK's website. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 June 2025 Their mission: to preserve his failing consciousness via an experimental memory‑upload procedure at a cutting‑edge facility. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for consciousness
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Noun
  • What is indisputable, however, is that the event contributed to an awareness of global poverty and hunger, forcing world leaders to address the issues in a public way.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • His high tackle-success rate and ability to recover loose balls highlight both positional awareness and sharp instinctive timing.
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Borden was eventually acquitted of the crimes, but the brutal nature of the murders attracted nationwide attention and contributed to Borden’s place in popular culture.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 8 July 2025
  • Big races, like the Boxing Day Race, sell out quickly, and for a couple of hours, the island’s attention shifts from its relaxing beaches to the excitement of the racetrack.
    Ana Sotelo, The Dial, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • This includes providing resources to support meditation, mindfulness work or mental wellness.
    Heather V. MacArthur, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • For more than 20 years, neuroscientists have been documenting how mindfulness meditation can help people cultivate calm and improve their mood, among other benefits.
    Mariah G. Schug, Scientific American, 27 June 2025

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“Consciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consciousness. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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