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Recent Examples of epistemic
Cheering for epistemic humility gets you no television interviews, no requests for op-eds, and no invitations to conferences.
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Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
This requires a kind of epistemic compassion.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
This prompted Gourault to investigate the epistemic and infrastructural systems that link a glitch in virtual representations to a real person’s death.
—Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
This is a form of epistemic harm.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
This requires a kind of epistemic compassion.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
This prompted Gourault to investigate the epistemic and infrastructural systems that link a glitch in virtual representations to a real person’s death.
—Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
This is a form of epistemic harm.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epistemic
Adjective
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When most students handed a question to the AI and submitted the answer, their gamma wave activity — the neural signature of cognitive engagement — dropped by roughly 40%.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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Pointing out distorted thinking and driving cognitive reframing.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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The next steps are psychological consults, a physical exam, uterine evaluation and blood work.—
Ann Marie Luft,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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As the situation spirals into a violent psychological game, Alma must decide whose story to believe.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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Today’s energy heightens your emotions, intuition and mental sensitivity, making conversations feel uncomfortably layered.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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Experts say carrying unresolved trauma and stress over time can affect both mental and physical health.—
Nicky Zizaza,
CBS News,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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When customers are highly price-conscious, the instinct is to justify your cost.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Even as chicken thigh sales continue to climb, health-conscious Americans remain obsessed with the boneless, skinless chicken breast.—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Saum Poorsaleh, complaints triggered the internal affairs investigation.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Liberal influencers are publicly questioning Martin's refusal to release an internal report on the party's failures.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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Uranus in Gemini wants people to think for themselves, question everything and evolve on an intellectual level.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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Granted, the cast is skilled enough to work these intimate specifics into (and beneath) their conversations, but the details are often dropped into these empty spaces after long delays, a kind of Tetris storytelling that works far more as an intellectual exercise than an emotional one.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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“Epistemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epistemic. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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