Example Sentences

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Psychologists call this hedonic adaptation: the tendency to absorb improvements into our baseline until they no longer feel like gains.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Psychologists are increasingly finding that such a frictionless life comes at a cost.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Psychologists have long observed that skills like attention, memory, perception, and language tend to be linked.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Psychologists learn why people do stupid things with money.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026

Psychologists, professors, journalists, and critics rediscovered Malcolm X for review and general analysis.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey