internalize
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“When you start to struggle and you internalize … you find yourself going dark, and that’s a lonely place,” Roberts said Tuesday, before the Dodgers’ 7-6 win against the Rockies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The result, she said, is that consumers may internalize economic anxiety more intensely than they did during earlier periods of high inflation.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Such adjustments can take months to internalize, which is why specific drills are prescribed to reinforce changes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
“They are unavoidable. You cannot internalize them and let them chip away at your self-worth.”
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026
Because there are a myriad of such variations, it’s difficult for most players to internalize even a small portion.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Guided by previous research of spider brains, the scientists uncovered evidence of a "waste canal system" in the human brain that internalizes waste from healthy neurons.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024
“Jean-Baptiste plays a woman who doles out misery and also, crucially, internalizes it, giving the character a humanity and sadness that’s absolutely transcendent,” says Glenn Whipp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
He only internalizes the doubt enough to let it fire him up.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
“I don’t think she internalizes it. I don’t think it becomes this emotional burden to her. I think it’s just like, ‘OK, cool, I got you,’ and I admire that.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
So in his family of origin man internalizes ideas of "right-wrong," "appropriate-inappropriate," "expected-unexpected."
From Humanistic Nursing by Josephine G. Paterson
Ford has internalized the humanity of filmmakers like Mike Leigh, Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Jim Jarmusch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The young singers have clearly internalized its principles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
When she finds out what Margo’s doing, her internalized shame at having worked at Hooters once upon a time resurfaces.
From Salon ● May 4, 2026
And we’re all learning, in real time, what happens when the resulting fury is internalized at a mass scale.
From Slate ● May 1, 2026
When we sang those songs, we believed them, we internalized them, and we were ready to act on them.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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Amazon, as it has grown, has built out its logistics capabilities, internalizing some of its shipping needs and offering services to its third-party sellers.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
“It ignored the young patients who would be in her clinic, exposed to her speech, and susceptible to internalizing ideas that may scar them for life,” they wrote.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2026
Europe is moving toward internalizing security costs and building fiscal capacity.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026
They were also asked about their children's internalizing behaviors such as complaining of loneliness, crying a lot, and being fearful or anxious.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024
The song B-I-N-G-O is an excellent example in which to practice internalizing the pitch since the singer has to clap the rhythm and silently think the pitch in their head.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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