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consciously

[kon-shuhs-lee] / ˈkɒn ʃəs li /


ADVERB
knowingly
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In a statement which played very consciously on existing fears among shipping companies, it said the new routes were necessary "to avoid the presence of various types of anti-ship mines in the main traffic zone".

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Colas wrote that “structurally higher energy valuations are at least partly due to investors consciously choosing a sector with historically strong capital discipline.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

But it also quite consciously plays to the baser side of us that takes cold comfort, even joy, at the miseries of the hyperwealthy.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

I wasn’t even consciously trying to focus on them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

He began, consciously, for this would be necessary, to think of Carl Heine, a man he knew, as the deceased and not as Carl Heine.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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