Recent Examples on the WebKaye Voyce’s contemporary costumes, quickly identifying each character’s status and self-concept, are wonderful, and in the case of Elena’s knit dresses with their form-hugging cuts, sensational.—Jesse Green, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024 By aligning with podcasts that reflect the listener's self-concept, advertisers can engage an audience that is inherently more attentive and open to their messages.—Curt Steinhorst, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024 The recent era of spectacular economic growth generated a self-concept among Chinese citizens: China is a daring, rising power, and being Chinese means being on the cutting edge.—Rana Mitter, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024 And one person might count experiences from childhood or youth in a self-concept of sexuality while another might exclude them, Fuentes notes.—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2024 Together, these voluntary moves suggest a different, more publisher-like self-concept.—Jaron Lanier, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2024 But while that stance remained central to the country’s self-concept, Sweden gradually strengthened its ties to NATO.—Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024 No one has ever explained why on earth sociality would have anything to do with this phylogenetic break in the self-concept, says Povinelli.—Karen Wright, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 This gradually builds a more positive self-image and a healthier self-concept.—Mark Travers, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
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