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- adjective Alternative spelling of
cognizant .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
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Examples
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If you are going through out insults and but the blame out there…how about some recommendations to back it up or to at least demonstrate some kind of cognisant reasoning behind them.
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They also said they are "cognisant" of the risks created by accelerated capital inflows to the region and said they will continue to monitor these, a source of concern-especially for countries with high interest rates like Indonesia that have seen a build up of volatile flows in recent months.
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While we need to be cognisant of this petty challenge (lest it grow), it is petty.
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They interested me not so much for their complexity but for their statement about the African mask: they were for the ritual and about the ritual, created by the tourist industry, and the seller was very cognisant of the Cubists referencing African art.
Marina Cashdan: Lynda Benglis, Shape Shifter and Influencer Marina Cashdan 2011
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The much-publicised case of Samit Patel is instructive, for no one would accuse Mike Newell, his county coach, of not being cognisant of the requirements and endeavouring to encourage him into what amounts to a lifestyle change.
Cricketers today cannot afford to ape hard-living Ian Botham | Mike Selvey 2011
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Re-building Afghanistan calls for a realistic approach that one would have to be cognisant of several factors.
Nake M. Kamrany: Reconstruction of Post-War Afghanistan Nake M. Kamrany 2011
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They interested me not so much for their complexity but for their statement about the African mask: they were for the ritual and about the ritual, created by the tourist industry, and the seller was very cognisant of the Cubists referencing African art.
Marina Cashdan: Lynda Benglis, Shape Shifter and Influencer Marina Cashdan 2011
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No doubt cognisant of these realities, in point number two of their statement, The Elders have opined that the initial negotiations should aim at realizing "security arrangements in which both Israelis and Palestinians have confidence", and have called on the international community to assist both sides to arrive at an agreement.
Sam Sasan Shoamanesh: United We Stand, Divided We Fall Sam Sasan Shoamanesh 2011
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The much-publicised case of Samit Patel is instructive, for no one would accuse Mike Newell, his county coach, of not being cognisant of the requirements and endeavouring to encourage him into what amounts to a lifestyle change.
Cricketers today cannot afford to ape hard-living Ian Botham | Mike Selvey 2011
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No doubt cognisant of these realities, in point number two of their statement, The Elders have opined that the initial negotiations should aim at realizing "security arrangements in which both Israelis and Palestinians have confidence", and have called on the international community to assist both sides to arrive at an agreement.
Sam Sasan Shoamanesh: United We Stand, Divided We Fall Sam Sasan Shoamanesh 2011
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