stream of consciousness
noun phrase
1
: the continuous unedited chronological flow of conscious experience through the mind
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Transitioning seamlessly between past and present, Yung creates something closer to a stream of consciousness than a conventional story.
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Richard Kuipers, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
Like last time, the Games 3 and 4 recaps were written as the games were going on, sort of stream of consciousness.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
The rapper then ended his political stream of consciousness with a request for Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s 2024 election opponent.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 15 Aug. 2024
Malling mentions Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own and Mrs Dalloway, calling attention to the author’s use of stream of consciousness.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2024
Quickly getting into his groove, Common gets into a stream of consciousness, touching on the passage of life while asserting his mic supremacy over rival emcees.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 July 2024
Lynch wrote the lyrics in the moment as needed and in a stream of consciousness scrawled onto blue notecards.
—Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
The songs become extensions of his shaggy stream of consciousness.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2024
At one point, Diamantis demanded $44,000 in a stream of consciousness text message.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2024
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Richard Kuipers, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
Like last time, the Games 3 and 4 recaps were written as the games were going on, sort of stream of consciousness.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
The rapper then ended his political stream of consciousness with a request for Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s 2024 election opponent.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 15 Aug. 2024
Malling mentions Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own and Mrs Dalloway, calling attention to the author’s use of stream of consciousness.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2024
Quickly getting into his groove, Common gets into a stream of consciousness, touching on the passage of life while asserting his mic supremacy over rival emcees.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 July 2024
Lynch wrote the lyrics in the moment as needed and in a stream of consciousness scrawled onto blue notecards.
—Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
The songs become extensions of his shaggy stream of consciousness.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2024
At one point, Diamantis demanded $44,000 in a stream of consciousness text message.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2024
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“Stream of consciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stream%20of%20consciousness. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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