cognizant
adjective
cog·ni·zant
ˈkäg-nə-zənt 
: knowledgeable of something especially through personal experience
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Examples of cognizant in a Sentence
Not like some college kid beaming in blissful ignorance, but rather like a worldly 23-year-old, self-aware and fully cognizant of the dire straits he's entering.
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Jody Berger, ESPN, 14 June 1999
… the idea of a machine cognizant of that human Achilles' heel, emotion, can conjure more sinister images—like HAL, the savvy, menacing computer in "2001," whose fear that he would be unplugged led him to kill all but one of the crew members on a space mission.
—Daniel Goleman, New York Times, 7 Jan. 1997
… to assure you that I am neither privy to, nor cognizant of, any such clique; and that I most potently disbelieve in the existence of any such.
—Abraham Lincoln, letter, 13 Oct. 1849
He is cognizant of his duties as a father.
not fully cognizant of the details of the trade agreement
Jody Berger, ESPN, 14 June 1999
… the idea of a machine cognizant of that human Achilles' heel, emotion, can conjure more sinister images—like HAL, the savvy, menacing computer in "2001," whose fear that he would be unplugged led him to kill all but one of the crew members on a space mission.
—Daniel Goleman, New York Times, 7 Jan. 1997
… to assure you that I am neither privy to, nor cognizant of, any such clique; and that I most potently disbelieve in the existence of any such.
—Abraham Lincoln, letter, 13 Oct. 1849
He is cognizant of his duties as a father.
not fully cognizant of the details of the trade agreement
Recent Examples on the Web
The character is sort of ageless — Denzel Washington was 65 when director Joel Coen filmed him in the role in 2020 — but Fiennes seems particularly cognizant of time’s passage.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Nevertheless, even with such a win, Crowley has remained cognizant that the county continues to face significant hurdles in future budget seasons.
—Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024
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Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Nevertheless, even with such a win, Crowley has remained cognizant that the county continues to face significant hurdles in future budget seasons.
—Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Cognizant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cognizant. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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