self-examination

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A report last week by Yale University contains a surprising dose of self-examination that dares to agree with what many of its critics have been saying for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Also gut never does a full audit—you need your brain for that, for reflection and self-examination on how or where you went wrong, to help you next time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Ultimately, to point fingers at others is to evade self-examination about how we got here as a nation.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2024

Hearing about a death from breast cancer at age 33 led Chelsea -- then 28 -- to conduct her own self-examination, where she discovered a lump.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024

Let me make a self-examination on a few points suggested by this meditation.

From Mater Christi Meditations on Our Lady by Paul, Mother St.