introspection
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On AllMusic, Neil Yeung called it "a late-era treasure trove, external" full of "emotional catharsis and introspection".
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
John Adams’ “Harmonium” operates on questioning, shifting moods of introspection, humility and awe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Abdulmohsen showed "no remorse, regret or introspection whatsoever", Boettchner told the court.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
As you can see, Brockman’s writing is full of uncertainty, ambition, introspection, raw emotion, self-awareness and self-doubt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
Raw and emotional, disinclined toward introspection, he had the kind of gregarious, magnetic personality that instantly won him friends for life; hundreds of individuals—including some he’d met just once or twice—considered him a bosom buddy.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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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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