meaning-making
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People will be more likely to become parents if they sense that children will be fun and meaning-making additions to an already full existence, not the beginning of an end to the lives they’ve created.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
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
“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