as in attention
a state of being aware
while strolling in the big city, maintain an awareness of what's going on around you
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Recent Examples of awareness
In 2023, a former Foxboro High School student was ordered to perform 40 hours of community service and attend a diversity awareness program for allegedly assaulting a transgender North Attleboro High School student after a boys basketball game in 2022.
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
That challenge stems from a lack of awareness of the condition, which was first added to the DSM — a handbook used by clinicians to diagnose mental health conditions — in 2013.
—Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 14 Jan. 2026
The Rookie‘s social media prowess also could help with awareness over the shift.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2026
Proceeds from the event benefit the Frankie Knuckles Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness for AIDS research and LGBTQ+ youth homelessness, two causes deeply important to the late DJ and producer.
—Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for awareness
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Microsoft is paying close to attention to the impact of its data centers on local residents.—
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Play close attention to those quotation marks.—
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At-home entertaining is also embracing mindfulness and wellness with fully non-alcoholic setups—hosts are curating zero-proof bars with herbal tonics, infused waters, and garnished non-alcoholic cocktails, allowing guests to explore drinks at their own pace while keeping the gathering inclusive.—
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Practice mindfulness and relaxation techniques, such as meditation, yoga, and deep breathing exercises.—
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The fragile skeleton of her ego threatened to snap under the pressure of the animal forces that pressed down on her consciousness, her narrative mind sagging and distended beneath pitiless and grandiose feeling.—
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Through meditation, the mind naturally relaxes, settles into the present moment, and grants us access to our consciousness and our own innate intelligence.—
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The moral fulcrum of Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, in which a scholar gains knowledge and power through a demonic pact, is a relatively straightforward statement on the human condition.—
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The company says this reflects the transfer of broad human knowledge captured in video into robotic behavior.—
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“Awareness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awareness. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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