psyche
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The chip maker’s otherworldly growth has become so ingrained in Wall Street’s psyche that many investors expect the company to beat expectations, leaving shares sliding in six of the past eight post-earnings trading sessions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
As the writer and the actor spend time together, and the narrator tries to pry open some small window into M’s psyche, the process of gathering material is constantly being thwarted by M’s casual instructability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
"It shapes your psyche and moulds your motivation to fight, so that in critical situations, you know you are capable of something more", said Karyi.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
"Psychedelic means 'psyche-revealing,' or making the psyche visible," said senior author Robin Carhart-Harris, PhD, the Ralph Metzner Distinguished Professor of Neurology at UCSF.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
The tradition of the land is deep fixed in the Texas psyche.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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If you’re anything like me, you’re psyched for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, an adaptation of Homer’s epic poem.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Soccer fans are psyched, and scammers aim to profit from that, L.A. sheriff’s officials say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
"I picked up the hammer, stuck on Frankie goes to Hollywood's Two Tribes, got myself psyched up and went outside."
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
“We’re psyched for five more years with our fans.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
“Me, Jason, Piper. I’m not psyched about seeing Mr. D again. That guy is a pain. But, Jason, if you’re on better terms with him—” “Yeah,” Jason said.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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Of course, there are limits to taking a Panglossian attitude and psyching ourselves up in the face of challenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
“When I look at a combination of attributes of a player, I think Micah has no problem psyching himself up to a rage,” Jones said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
“He’s not thinking. We came in together and you can be worried about your future a little bit, what’s going to happen. You start psyching yourself out. I think he’s just playing free.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
“They’re unreliable,” one insisted, meaning that people allegedly made stuff up on them for the sole purpose of psyching each other out.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2016
I know I have to go inside, and I will go inside, but I’m still psyching myself.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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