sentient
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Grace will eventually make an alien friend, a five-limbed spider-shaped sentient rock he names Rocky.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
I don’t see why any sentient person would watch one of these things unless they had to, or enjoyed pain.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
“This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI’s mission: scaling to make a sentient sun to understand the Universe and extend the light of consciousness to the stars!”
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
Identifying which animals and systems are sentient could influence animal research practices, farming, food consumption, and conservation strategies.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026
Later Yen taught us, ‘After life, the rational soul ascends the dragon; the sentient soul descends the dragon. So in the world there can be no ghosts. This thing must have been a Fox Spirit.’
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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100 SAT words Beginning with "S"
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