as in thought
something imagined or pictured in the mind
as long as there's a national deficit, interplanetary exploration will most likely remain an agreeable cogitation and nothing more
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Recent Examples of cogitation
The narrator knows that there is something cheapening and peculiarly hollow about all this cogitation.
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Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
But Silicon Valley’s recent inventions invite galaxy-brain cogitation of the sort Harari is known for.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024
Also there, seraphic and silent, was Melania Trump, her emotions and her cogitations eluding our mortal grasp.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
An average day might require two or three hours of hard cogitation.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024
But the output is mostly a simulacrum of human thought, not the product of cogitation.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
At that point Pohlad cuts to one of his many shots of the rural Washington landscape; the match of image and idea reminded me of Godard’s late period spiritual evocations, the product of intense cogitation — an artistic gift.
—Armond White, National Review, 11 Aug. 2023
Subaru BRATs, on the other hand, demand no existential cogitation whatsoever.
—Car and Driver, 28 Sep. 2022
Holbein’s lines and brushwork capture the movement beneath the surface, the constant cogitation and maneuvering for power and survival.
—Dominic Green, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2021
Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
But Silicon Valley’s recent inventions invite galaxy-brain cogitation of the sort Harari is known for.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024
Also there, seraphic and silent, was Melania Trump, her emotions and her cogitations eluding our mortal grasp.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
An average day might require two or three hours of hard cogitation.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024
But the output is mostly a simulacrum of human thought, not the product of cogitation.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
At that point Pohlad cuts to one of his many shots of the rural Washington landscape; the match of image and idea reminded me of Godard’s late period spiritual evocations, the product of intense cogitation — an artistic gift.
—Armond White, National Review, 11 Aug. 2023
Subaru BRATs, on the other hand, demand no existential cogitation whatsoever.
—Car and Driver, 28 Sep. 2022
Holbein’s lines and brushwork capture the movement beneath the surface, the constant cogitation and maneuvering for power and survival.
—Dominic Green, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cogitation
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The key question: What does death awareness do to people? After writing about death, people tend to quickly move on, pushing thoughts of it from consciousness with distractions, rationalizations, and other tactics.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Check out our voter guide, subscribe to our elections newsletter and always feel free to share your thoughts in a letter to the editor.Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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Two to three yards, everybody’s got the good ideas.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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For more gift ideas, be sure to check out our picks for the 10 top Amazon Black Friday deals here and the 10 top Walmart Black Friday deals here.Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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SpaceX is working on a concept version of Starlink for Mars, according to a NASA presentation.Michael Kan, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Such a concept offers only a refracted mirror, one which will put you at war with yourself and eat up your imagination.Essence, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
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If conception does not occur, the uterine lining (endometrial tissue) will break down and shed.Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024
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Over their lifetime, children who didn’t consume much sugar during the first 1000 days of their lives — a period extending from their conception until their second birthday — lowered their risk of developing diabetes by 35 percent and hypertension by 20 percent.Saul Elbein, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
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This isn’t the first time Johnson has shown off his Trump impression.Joanne Haner, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Even factually accurate information can create different impressions based on framing and emphasis.Tor Constantino, MBA, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Linkages between these users and any administration would subvert the traditional notion of citizenship, and agreements between the entities would be unlike ordinary alliances.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Mann scorned the notion of the writer as political activist.George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Cogitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cogitation. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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