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Recent Examples of psychological Her fiction concentrates thematically upon the emotional and psychological currents traversing the bonds across lineages — whether those connections are well-wrought, addled, severed, or unknown — and the fraught business of familial inheritance. Rachel Vorona Cote, Vulture, 2 June 2026 Foster Psychological Safety First Leaders build trust by creating fearless cultures, where psychological safety, equitable opportunity and open dialogue are non-negotiable. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Currently, diagnosing cognitive decline often involves expensive brain scans or lengthy psychological testing. Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026 The bigger challenge is psychological. Melanie Swan, CNN Money, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for psychological
Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychological
Adjective
  • The book does often feel like a recording of a mental jam session, but there is also a sense of being guided by a kind of hesitating yet urgent voice that needs to get things figured out.
    Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
  • The Eternal Values promise Mierers lured followers in with discussions of enlightenment and mental clarity, often revolving around diet, exercise, celibacy, and the willingness to give up material possessions.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2026
Adjective
  • The sources spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
  • Assuming, of course, those staffers don’t emulate Pelley and strongly and sharply disagree or challenge their boss in an internal staff meeting.
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 3 June 2026
Adjective
  • The graffiti on their inner walls, where unknown others have marked their presence, suggests that these tunnels have occupied a number of locations across Berlin.
    Erika Landström, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • Everything—the light, the salt, the slowness—conspires to shift your inner tempo.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Adjective
  • If no shelter is available, crawl to an interior wall away from windows.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2026
  • All of those interior shots would have been altered had the Spurs' 7-foot-4 defensive star been in the game.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 4 June 2026

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“Psychological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychological. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.

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