meaning-making

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

Just as childbearing is meaning-making, so is the inverse: Not having children, or having fewer, can be an expression of women’s unprecedented abilities to find meaning and purpose outside of motherhood.

From Slate • Aug. 15, 2024

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

That's in many ways what a part of the meaning-making process is all about, sometimes finding what you've lost, other times creating something new that maybe wasn't there before.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 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