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introspection

[in-truh-spek-shuhn] / ˌɪn trəˈspɛk ʃən /


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While there may be truth to his concern, Sorkin’s introspection is precisely the kind of pause this country could learn from.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

For a film as thoughtful as this one, further introspection is not only deserved, but wildly rewarding.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

On AllMusic, Neil Yeung called it "a late-era treasure trove, external" full of "emotional catharsis and introspection".

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

That makes it hard to recall his moments of introspection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

In any case, Ernest Lawrence, a man normally not given to introspection in the Oppenheimer style, struggled to set down his emotions on paper.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

He just recorded introspections about a system that would inevitably fail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Among the wisest of Coop’s early introspections considers the way that the race to acquire status symbols makes you lose sight of the things that once mattered.

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2025

Spill Tab is more than your run-of-the-mill bedroom pop act, though: Chicha’s quiet voice slices through dreamy, electro-dance ready introspections.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2021

Their intimacies and intricacies are introspections and an antidote to see-me thirst traps.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 2, 2018

Furthermore, in this case we have a much more specific explanation for why introspections mess up our reactions.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell


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