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introspection

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


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Ahead of the sound bath, Oso Sound Healing Studio founder Avery Whitmore said the unconventional space would invite a childlike energy, a deeper connection to animals and introspection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

And although he lived on Walden Pond from 1845 to 1847, the resulting volume of nature-inspired introspection would not be published until 1854.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Around 1,000 miles into the ocean from Portugal these islands offer opportunities for whale-watching and productive introspection on how to find the right partner.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

Raw and emotional, disinclined toward introspection, he had the kind of gregarious, magnetic personality that instantly won him friends for life; hundreds of individuals—including some he’d met just once or twice—considered him a bosom buddy.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

He just recorded introspections about a system that would inevitably fail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

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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