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Recent Examples of introspective
Dominique also encourages participants to get introspective and address their internalized fears about moving abroad.
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Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 21 May 2025
Antonia Gentry Gentry, who portrays Georgia's introspective teenage daughter Ginny, is currently single.
—Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 5 June 2025
While the show’s first season rearranged brains with Fielder’s increasingly introspective attempt to help a woman rehearse for motherhood, Season 2 has focused on the creator’s own, weirdly timely obsession with aviation safety.
—Judy Berman, Time, 3 June 2025
Known for her more raucous studio efforts, Medicine shook up the formula, delivering a more introspective affair - a batch of 12 songs which celebrate storytelling by placing Potter’s powerhouse vocal front and center.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
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Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 21 May 2025
Antonia Gentry Gentry, who portrays Georgia's introspective teenage daughter Ginny, is currently single.
—Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 5 June 2025
While the show’s first season rearranged brains with Fielder’s increasingly introspective attempt to help a woman rehearse for motherhood, Season 2 has focused on the creator’s own, weirdly timely obsession with aviation safety.
—Judy Berman, Time, 3 June 2025
Known for her more raucous studio efforts, Medicine shook up the formula, delivering a more introspective affair - a batch of 12 songs which celebrate storytelling by placing Potter’s powerhouse vocal front and center.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for introspective
Adjective
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Yet Gomez has largely urged his flock to lead contemplative lives in the name of Jesus, Mary and the Saints, which pales to the witness practiced not just by Francis but by many in the L.A. Archdiocese itself.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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His contemplative, emotionally nuanced storytelling has established him as a significant voice in contemporary Japanese cinema.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
2 May 2025
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Scenes of long discussions seem brisk, even at pensive tempi, because of the way that the lines uttered strike off one another—and because of the energetically thoughtful performances that bring the characters to life.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
20 June 2025
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In such an intimate, pensive atmosphere, characters emerge gradually out of the rugged landscape like windswept trees or weathered stones.—
Tim Grierson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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Even fewer blend political thrills with meditative visual poetry, but Austrian director Richard Ladkani strikes this balance with an even hand in his intimate chronicle of Juma Xiapaia, a brave Indigenous activist in Brazil and the first woman elected chief in the Amazon’s Middle Xingu region.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 June 2025
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By the age of thirty in 326 BC, Alexander used this meditative murderousness to amass his empire, which included much of Africa and India.—
Matthew Gavin Frank
June 12,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
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But the timing of this retrospective feels pitch-perfect.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
20 June 2025
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This retrospective presents rarely seen works from the Estate of Mary Abbott, among them, Abstract Expressionist canvases (1950s–60s) created in dialogue with Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Joan Mitchell, highlighting her synthesis of action painting and automatic drawing techniques.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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This kind of behavior isn’t reflective of Sox fans or the city.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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Xi was tougher than most, but his behavior was still reflective of the context of the times.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Burnett, in the two-thousands, was self-reflective, testing his ability to tell big, major-key narratives.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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Ellie is impulsive, can’t make good judgment calls, sees everything in black and white, gets quite dark, isn’t self-reflective.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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It's been quite a year so this was really such a thoughtful gesture and seriously made my month.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Several neighborhoods loosely inspire thoughtful craft cocktails—all clever, complex, and complimentary.—
Paul Rubio,
AFAR Media,
23 June 2025
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Banners, badges or signs for political, ideological, philosophical or commercial purposes are not permitted.—
Caché McClay,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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Eileen is, of course, a deeply spiritual writer and thinker, deeply philosophical and wild-minded, and what with poetry being so great for divination, their poems in particular land well.—
Michelle Tea
June 18,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
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