How to Use critical thinking in a Sentence

critical thinking

noun
  • This helped boost critical thinking, confidence, and independence.
    Reem Raouda, Contributor, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The arts engage the whole brain, enhancing critical thinking, memory and comprehension.
    John Milton Wesley, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2025
  • To do this, a person needs to be skilled at critical thinking.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The sowing of confusion seemed to shut down any and all critical thinking skills.
    Brian Stelter, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • No one involved, if Saturday is to be the judge, has shown a desire for critical thinking.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
  • How will Keough’s Sasquatch protect her family, filled with men whose critical thinking skills could use some work?
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Skills like critical thinking, which employers expressed a clear need for, aren’t new.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • But that reflects a lack of critical thinking, which is, well, critical to our social well-being.
    David A. Brenner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The other is that critical thinking is a crucial skill, ideally practiced on your feet.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024
  • His day job is doing team building and critical thinking exercises for companies, and he’s got a lot of ideas for how that might come in handy.
    Calmatters, The Mercury News, 25 June 2024
  • His work required critical thinking, problem solving, on-the-spot analyses, and the performance of tasks on tight deadlines.
    Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The survival of our democracy depends on the recovery of our critical thinking skills.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Both men want to turn back the clock to a whiter and more patriarchal time when corporate interests ruled the day and religion kept critical thinking at bay.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Ideal for kids ages five and up, this traffic jam game encourages critical thinking.
    Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Who have lost all capacity for critical thinking and will buy whatever they’re told by Donald Trump and his sycophants in the right-wing media.
    USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Gifts for Little Kids Kids ages three to five are developing critical thinking skills, so opt for gifts that may be more complex, like building sets, puzzles, and games.
    Kayla Kitts, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Cursive makes young scholars use their brain and their hands at the same time, thereby improving memory and critical thinking?
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • This suggests that the use of AI in academic settings is not just an issue of convenience, but may be contributing to a decline in critical thinking skills.
    Chris Westfall, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Following a mob that is devoid of any critical thinking is giving carte blanche to the very politicians that are bent on eliminating the essence of our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
    Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2024
  • Give us a public television that allows for risk-taking and critical thinking.
    Anthony Kaufman, IndieWire, 9 Dec. 2024
  • But what was the threshold between developing critical thinking and pushing a debate too far?
    Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Education gave me the critical thinking skills needed to perform that repair.
    Tim Johnson, JSTOR Daily, 15 June 2024
  • The classroom is for instructing students on the fundamentals, preparing them for college and the workplace, and teaching them critical thinking skills.
    Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
  • This could mean assigning five math problems instead of 20 — or asking questions to foster creative and critical thinking rather than a simple answer.
    April Rubin, Axios, 2 Sep. 2024
  • This helps with critical thinking and affirms the limitless potential of Black identity.
    A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez, Parents, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Key skills this game helps to build are critical thinking, spatial reasoning, planning, and engineering.
    Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The answer, for me, is tried and true: Invest in durable skills like critical thinking, creativity, and emotional intelligence.
    Bijal Shah, Fortune, 18 Mar. 2024
  • This, juxtaposed with the decline in basic math, reading and critical thinking skills, should be enough to give college admissions officers and hiring managers pause.
    Bonnie Kleffman, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024
  • When are schools going to focus on fulfilling basic purposes, such as instruction in civics and critical thinking?
    Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Students learn adaptability, communication skills and critical thinking skills while learning to create a business plan and how to bring produce and herbs to market.
    Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2024

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