sentience
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Sentience is a word that has barely crept into our understanding of animal behavior, but it is likely to play a major role in animal welfare research and practice in the future.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2023
"Sentience, we may say, makes sense for life, as an essential underpinning to the business of living," Calvo explained.
From Salon • Sep. 30, 2022
If passed, the bill would create an “Animal Sentience Committee” in charge of evaluating how well the government considers those feelings in its policies.
From The Verge • Jul. 8, 2021
Project Sentience had human Speakers communicating with nonhuman Speakers from more than 20 species.
From Slate • Jan. 30, 2021
Sentience returned to him through mists of pain.
From The Heart of Thunder Mountain by Fischer, Anton Otto
Vocabulary lists containing sentience
Dracula
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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates wins the National Book Award
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