cognizance
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Because it requires a cognizance of the body’s position from head to toe, the exercise helps to develop something called kinesthetic awareness — an understanding of how one’s body moves through space.
From New York Times • May 18, 2022
“Brett Hankison did not ‘blindly’ discharge his firearm, and did not lack cognizance of the direction in which he fired, but acted in quick response to gunfire directed at himself and other officers,” Leightty wrote.
From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2020
Additionally its creators demonstrate cognizance of what Martin Scorsese characterizes as the "theme park" nature of franchise cinematic entertainment.
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2020
“Johnson wanted to reintegrate that seceded group of states without any cognizance of the fact they were fighting for the perpetuation of slavery.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2019
The cognizance was of a silver woman on a sable field, with a knight kneeling at her feet In her simplicity, Elaine had been delighted by the compliment cm the shield.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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