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self-mastery

[self-mas-tuh-ree, -mah-stuh-, self-] / ˌsɛlfˈmæs tə ri, -ˈmɑ stə-, ˈsɛlf- /


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We need young men full of energy, ambition and growing self-mastery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Devin’s bark is indicative of the endless hours working at self-mastery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2023

Researchers have found that toddlers who are read to become children who are "more likely to enjoy strong relationships, sharper focus, and greater emotional resilience and self-mastery."

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2021

For both men, expeditions are tests, as much internal as external, and they’re eager to see what can be found at the outer boundaries of their self-mastery.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 24, 2020

"It is I who will go," he answered, shaken out of self-mastery for once.

From The Game and the Candle by Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie) Ingram




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