self-analysis
Example Sentences
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In the latest bombshell dropped by the two reporters, they dug up seven drafts of the department’s self-analysis, or after-action report, and found that it had been altered multiple times to soften damning conclusions.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025
The self-analysis, at times, has been more brutal than any pundit could muster on their angriest day.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2023
I suppose that in dissecting the song with them, I was indulging in some self-analysis: trying to understand how a happy union of lyrics and musical notes could stay with me so meaningfully, for decades.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023
Until, that is, they reach the point where self-analysis ends and self-interest begins.
From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2022
He was not capable of much self-analysis, but he was conscious of a sudden dislike of Vyse.
From Here and Hereafter by Pain, Barry