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Recent Examples of psychological Laurie Singer, a mental health expert, pointed to the psychological toll of constant digital engagement. Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026 If that’s true, the entire psychological burden of the piece has been distilled into that one strained digit. Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 Estimates suggest that between 25% and 40% of returning service members carry these less visible neurological or psychological injuries, while hundreds of thousands have been formally diagnosed with PTSD or traumatic brain injury in the years since the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq began. Dimitri Mugianis, STAT, 20 Apr. 2026 The first challenge for De Zerbi is psychological. Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for psychological
Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychological
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The foundations were welded and bolted to the strengthened deck, and the rotors themselves, fabricated with inner steel cores and composite shells, were then lifted by crane.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The driver grabbed her upper inner thigh before dropping her off in Franklin County, north of Raleigh, the jury found.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • That’s much more on the table now even among people who aren’t necessarily inclined to talk about their interior life or the interior life of other people.
    Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • If no shelter is available, crawl to an interior wall away from windows.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026

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“Psychological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychological. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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