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introspection

[in-truh-spek-shuhn] / ˌɪn trəˈspɛk ʃən /


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Soccer, it will lead to yet another round of introspection in what has become a quadrennial routine.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

John Adams’ “Harmonium” operates on questioning, shifting moods of introspection, humility and awe.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

Abdulmohsen showed "no remorse, regret or introspection whatsoever", Boettchner told the court.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

"There were a lot of periods of introspection," he says.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

She emptied and sluiced the bedpans, swept and polished floors, made cocoa and Bovril, fetched and carried—and was delivered from introspection.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Among the wisest of Coop’s early introspections considers the way that the race to acquire status symbols makes you lose sight of the things that once mattered.

From Salon Apr. 11, 2025

Spill Tab is more than your run-of-the-mill bedroom pop act, though: Chicha’s quiet voice slices through dreamy, electro-dance ready introspections.

From Washington Post Nov. 2, 2021

Their intimacies and intricacies are introspections and an antidote to see-me thirst traps.

From The New Yorker Aug. 2, 2018

Brown's and Voorham's solos were introspections, exploring how the body can give finely nuanced voice to private worlds, private thoughts.

From Seattle Times Aug. 5, 2011

Furthermore, in this case we have a much more specific explanation for why introspections mess up our reactions.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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