cognizance

Example Sentences

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There’s a similar rampant cognizance of big American landmarks.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 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

But since those cruelly oblivious documents took no cognizance of the African people living here, the region remains in a constant cycle of suffering, rebellion and suppression.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 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

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