self-analysis

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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

After periods of introspection and self-analysis, Bellamy the coach is a different person, one who prides himself on his composure and analytical eye.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2025

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

In conversation, Kravchenko is measured, circumspect, unsparing in her self-analysis, with flashes of wry humor.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2022

As we have already remarked, it would be of scientific interest and of practical value in vocational psychology if we knew something more or less precise concerning the reliability of the individual's self-analysis.

From Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods by Hollingworth, Harry L.