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Recent Examples of introspective
Some may describe them as emotional and introspective, which is just how Scorpios like to be perceived.
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Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2025
Financing remains a challenge for an intimate, introspective drama, but Park believes its quiet strength will resonate with international festivals and distributors.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025
Director Kogonada, who previously guided Farrell in After Yang, is going for alternate melancholy and whimsy, an uneven blend of introspective drama and high-concept fantasy that feels a bit lost in translation and doesn’t quite work the way it was intended.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
By the time the credits roll, Sound of Metal avoids all of the tired clichés that typically come from this sort of low-budget undertaking, and achieves something more introspective and, much like the hardest and most profound journeys in life, unresolved.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2025
Financing remains a challenge for an intimate, introspective drama, but Park believes its quiet strength will resonate with international festivals and distributors.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025
Director Kogonada, who previously guided Farrell in After Yang, is going for alternate melancholy and whimsy, an uneven blend of introspective drama and high-concept fantasy that feels a bit lost in translation and doesn’t quite work the way it was intended.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
By the time the credits roll, Sound of Metal avoids all of the tired clichés that typically come from this sort of low-budget undertaking, and achieves something more introspective and, much like the hardest and most profound journeys in life, unresolved.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for introspective
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The kinds of tools people need to navigate this century are forged through creative, contemplative work, and yet fewer and fewer are able to afford the time and space to read.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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Becerra, known for exploring themes of social and familial rupture—draws on his own teenage experiences to craft a raw, contemplative portrait of youth on the edge.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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Stephen depicts the women’s schooltime bond in hypnotic flashbacks, and their separation largely through absence itself, with gliding, pensive shots of places—rooms, buildings, streets—where the women have been and may be again but which, onscreen, are vacant.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
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Cain’s pensive, artfully antiquated production (mostly helmed by Ka himself) colors between the lines of his thesis: No amount of institutional strife, familial grief, or white guilt should ever knock you off your pivot.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
30 Sep. 2025
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Cooking can be a relaxing, meditative act—that is, until your eyes start to sting unbearably.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Before venturing to the water to scream, Chris led the group in a breathing warm-up, with meditative music playing from a speaker.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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In the new research by Alliance Medical Ltd—presented today at the 38th Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine—the team performed a retrospective case series review of these scans in patients taking GLP-1 agonists.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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There were additional plans to film a retrospective episode, but that was also scrapped.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The article should be between 300 and 500 words, and the tone should be accessible, informative, and reflective.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Oct. 2025
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While Efraimoglou is bold and authoritative, Vandorou is quiet and reflective.—
Janine Di Giovanni,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
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The self-reflective tone marks a thematic shift for a band whose debut radiated a cool irony, pulling emotional punches in favor of observations centered around mid-20s delusion.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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Beckham’s ability in the fifth decade of her life to be honest and self-reflective is compelling.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Scarlet feels like his biggest movie yet, a ruminative war picture that stages medieval battles and pitches its characters through the mortal coil and back.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Score our favorite new finds, including a brilliantly fun garlic peeler, a thoughtful batter dispenser for pancakes, baked goods, and more, and a genius two-in-one flipper spatula.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
8 Oct. 2025
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In the real world, this could look like strengthening a partnership through thoughtful gestures, receiving a windfall of support from family or finding joy in everyday rituals that suddenly feel sacred.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Introspective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/introspective. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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