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Recent Examples of psychological Pain is psychological The psychological domain of pain is less commonly addressed due to pervasive, and understandable, stigma. Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026 Still, the $4 national average serves as a notable threshold – one that carries psychological, mathematical and mechanical implications for the US economy. Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 23 Mar. 2026 Ukraine has used facial recognition tools to identify Russian soldiers, sometimes linking them to social media profiles for intelligence and psychological operations. The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026 Caterpillar, of course, moved its headquarters four years ago to Texas from north suburban Deerfield, delivering a major psychological blow to Illinois. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for psychological
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Adjective
  • The act provides ways for a victim to seek relief from being harmed by doxing, or the act of intentionally using another’s personally identifiable information, including social media profiles, without consent with the intent to harass, cause mental anguish or create fear of bodily harm or death.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • De-stress on a daily basis to help your mental and emotional battery.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The department also pointed to internal FBI notes showing agents had planned to close out the investigation weeks before interviewing Flynn about Kislyak.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Marquez-Garrett, a member of the plaintiffs’ steering committee overseeing the thousands of claims consolidated in Los Angeles County, said upcoming bellwether trials are expected to reveal additional internal communications the companies sought to keep private.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • People who dislike Minnelli’s singing maintain that her outer bombast conceals an inner void.
    Matt Weinstock, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026
  • But when John's cousin Michaela (Masali Baduza) returns to London to tend to the Kilmartin estate, Fran's complicated feelings will have her questioning whether to stick to her pragmatic intentions or pursue her inner passions.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • If no shelter is available, crawl to an interior wall away from windows.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The smartwatch-sized device continuously produces detailed ultrasound images of the wrist’s interior anatomy.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 Mar. 2026

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“Psychological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychological. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.

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