faculties

Example Sentences

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"We're getting close to threatening the root of what makes us human, in terms of social interaction, critical thinking faculties, and developing the skills to operate in the modern world," he explains.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

As her faculties dwindle, will she feel more at ease with the robot than with her family?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Its authors are drawn from the faculties of the state universities of Arizona, California, Connecticut, Maryland, Florida and Ohio, as well as from Johns Hopkins, Duke and the Cleveland Clinic.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2024

The issue has torn apart the faculties at these universities.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

His straining faculties manufactured or else picked up a haunted, tongueless fear, by someone retreating from him, someone blown back to the farthest wall of the apartment in an attempt to evade him.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick