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self-examination

[self-ig-zam-uh-ney-shuhn, self-] / ˈsɛlf ɪgˌzæm əˈneɪ ʃən, ˌsɛlf- /




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“There’s so much more self-examination — and so much more self-indictment,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Also gut never does a full audit—you need your brain for that, for reflection and self-examination on how or where you went wrong, to help you next time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

On Dec. 20, The Times published a massive self-examination that broke down what went wrong.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024

Ultimately, to point fingers at others is to evade self-examination about how we got here as a nation.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2024

Whether these feelings derived their intensity from another, which he entirely refused to acknowledge, is matter for the psychologist, and Dr. Hale avoided all psychologic self-examination.

From The Crux by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins




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