cognizance

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Throughout the process, students developed a greater cognizance of food waste, and these issues became more readily and consistently resonant when shopping.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2024

Bedi said Indian authorities did not take cognizance of the reported presence of a Chinese spy ship in the region and went ahead with the test.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2022

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

“If you’ve anything to say, you can come to the squire’s and make cognizance of the prisoner.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner