self-reflection
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self-reflections
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Or at least he would regret it, if he were capable of self-reflection.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
It was a moment of frank self-reflection for the Los Angeles City Council member hoping to be the next mayor.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
And then, after that period of "self-reflection", Chelsea will start work - in their words - "to bring stability to the head coach position."
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
Their message "has always centred around self-reflection, resilience and courage to keep moving forward, even when life feels uncertain", said Carmen Low, 32, a fan in Malaysia.
From Barron's ● Mar. 21, 2026
Benji may benefit from daily self-reflection using his own words, the teacher had noted.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
The other key difference is, rather than focus on booted contestants' often relatively generic self-reflections, the "Mansplain" is quite literally all about snitching.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2021
The muted, late-night self-reflections of Clairo’s Immunity felt a bit like Liz Phair’s Girly-Sound tapes updated for the GarageBand and FaceTime generation.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2019
Friel’s elegant script embodies the Irish gift for storytelling, packed with character-illuminating details, metaphysical mysteries and poetic self-reflections that defy easy classification or judgment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2019
I assume that you haven’t read Jephson’s first book, which contains lengthy passages of character assassination of his deceased former employer, but his self-reflections are fairly priceless.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 28, 2019
Even her foibles were of service to me, by giving me things to think of beyond my weary self-reflections.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III by Henry Cabot Lodge
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