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Recent Examples of unconsciousness
Instead, Lane attacked Wilkins, choking her into unconsciousness and cutting open her womb.
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Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Loomis categorized the different types of brain waves into what became known as sleep states, and created a nomenclature to describe the phases of unconsciousness.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Acute exposure may cause drowsiness, dizziness and headaches, as well as eye, skin and respiratory tract irritation, and unconsciousness at high levels.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
Feel that lovely dog weight, dog density, as your dog settles and downshifts, grows heavy with unconsciousness, and makes the profound noises, the groans of contentment and secret multi-voweled suspirations, of a dog entering its sleep world.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Miller and his team are having far more success probing unconsciousness via anesthesia.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Because the gas binds to hemoglobin so efficiently – 200 to 400 times better than oxygen – a high enough concentration of it will result in unconsciousness in minutes, which can lead in permanent organ damage – or worse.
—New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2025
Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Loomis categorized the different types of brain waves into what became known as sleep states, and created a nomenclature to describe the phases of unconsciousness.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Acute exposure may cause drowsiness, dizziness and headaches, as well as eye, skin and respiratory tract irritation, and unconsciousness at high levels.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
Feel that lovely dog weight, dog density, as your dog settles and downshifts, grows heavy with unconsciousness, and makes the profound noises, the groans of contentment and secret multi-voweled suspirations, of a dog entering its sleep world.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Miller and his team are having far more success probing unconsciousness via anesthesia.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Because the gas binds to hemoglobin so efficiently – 200 to 400 times better than oxygen – a high enough concentration of it will result in unconsciousness in minutes, which can lead in permanent organ damage – or worse.
—New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconsciousness
Noun
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This inclination toward solitude appears to stem from underestimating others’ willingness to engage and unawareness of how much of a lift a mere social exchange can provide.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, Weinberger added, the greatest treatment obstacle is patients not taking their medications — sometimes due to anosognosia, the unawareness of being ill, which affects 50% to 98% of people with schizophrenia.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Advertisement In many ways, Nebraska is an album reckoning with his father’s mental health struggles, heavy drinking, verbal abuse, and ignorance toward the family.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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At what point does ignorance stop being an excuse?—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Back at the trailer that evening, the fire session feels better than ever, a vertiginous slide into oblivion.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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And of course all these remembrances are motivated, finally, by a desire to save, to whatever extent possible, people and stories and the truth as the authors understand it from impending oblivion.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But some degree of forgetfulness is a normal part of life.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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According to her, his reaction wasn’t just forgetfulness but entitlement.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Most of them declined to comment on Platner’s past, expressing unfamiliarity with the details of what’s become one of the hottest political stories in the country.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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These players may be more susceptible to injury due to limited experience, unfamiliarity with the game or lower level of physical fitness, the study noted.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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But this time her nescience was justified.—
Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
18 Jan. 2025
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Critics pounced on his gaffes questioning evolution and asserting that vegetation caused pollution, but, as with Trump, Reagan’s backers cared little about these blunders or his nescience over public affairs.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
28 Aug. 2020
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“Unconsciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconsciousness. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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