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Recent Examples of epistemic
This prompted Gourault to investigate the epistemic and infrastructural systems that link a glitch in virtual representations to a real person’s death.
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Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
This is a form of epistemic harm.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Eire’s book raises the question of a culture’s epistemic reality and whether that affects the kinds of events that can occur.
—Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The empathetic likeness is greater than the epistemic difference.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
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Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
This is a form of epistemic harm.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Eire’s book raises the question of a culture’s epistemic reality and whether that affects the kinds of events that can occur.
—Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The empathetic likeness is greater than the epistemic difference.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epistemic
Adjective
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This one has cognitive and cardiovascular benefits.—
Caroline C. Boyle,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
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The cognitive workout chess provides includes reasoning, calculation, memory, visualization, and assessment skills.—
Sara Hansen,
Denver Post,
17 Apr. 2026
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Filming has wrapped in Norway on psychological thriller movie Dark Skulls, starring Thor Rosland (The Pendragon Cycle), Ragga Ragnars (Vikings), Christopher Rygh (The Head Hunter), and The Last Kingdom actor and World’s Strongest Man Hall of Famer Magnus Samuelsson.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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Edens did not conduct a psychological evaluation of Horner and is not offering an opinion on whether Horner presents a risk of future violence.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The red-light technology is designed for all fitness levels and also adds a wellness component including relaxation, skin health and mental well-being.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2026
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Research has long linked strong social connections to better mental and physical health, and loneliness, now widely described as a public health crisis, is partly a result of how surface-level so much of our digital communication has become.—
Avery Newmark,
AJC.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The track announcer said that James was conscious and speaking with first responders.—
Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2026
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Boy landed on patch of mulch Worcester police said officers arrived within a minute and found the boy conscious, alert and breathing.—
Aaron Parseghian,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The company said an internal analysis presented at the 2026 Stanford Geothermal Workshop supports output of at least 50 MW of always-on renewable electricity from a small number of wells.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Apr. 2026
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But its drafters failed to adhere to proper standards and lacked enough evidence to support a relationship between the two groups, according to a summary of the internal findings that was released to Congress in April 2024.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The trio, and others in their intellectual circle, share a few radical views.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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There are moments when the book, in defending Giacometti, seems to overburden his oeuvre with an exponential set of aesthetic, intellectual, and political problems, from resolving the tensions between modernism and the avant-garde to a singular working through of national trauma.—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Epistemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epistemic. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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