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

“They were so desperate to be with each other within a context of meaning-making, that suddenly religious and spiritual life boomed in the fall.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2022

"At least" and other counterfactuals can make us feel better and improve performance, other research shows, even if that meaning-making process initially feels like a negation.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2022