meaning-making

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So you’re not just, you know, in this unmoored meaning-making space.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

The scholars said future research should explore this "outsourced meaning-making process" with larger samples of posts, and on other popular platforms such as Instagram and X, formerly known as Twitter.

From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024

Call it an idealistic concept, but the classroom is one of the most common spaces in modern life for the potential of collective meaning-making.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2023

It can only be defeated by challenging it and then replacing it with another meaning-making narrative — one that can actually deliver what it promises.

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2021

“Humans are meaning-making machines,” Eurich said, and finding personally relevant positive meaning in trying experiences — a technique known as positive reappraisal — can broaden and boost your outlook.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2021