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Recent Examples of self-control The mega-rich like Musk don’t exactly have a huge degree of self-awareness or self-control. Philip Elliott, Time, 6 June 2025 Studies have found that decision fatigue can impair attention, self-control and judgment. Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025 Why This Matters, Especially Now The study highlights the crucial link between self-compassion and self-control. Ellen Choi, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025 Produced by the band and inspired by the 2017 thriller First Reformed, the LP finds La Dispute grappling with a looming apocalypse, the detriments of technological evolutions, and the illusion of self-control. Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for self-control
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-control
Noun
  • Shams Charania’s debut as part of ESPN’s NBA Draft coverage last week doubled as a herculean exercise in restraint.
    Peter A. Berry, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2025
  • Most were secular, or observed religion privately and with restraint.
    Kian Tajbakhsh, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • But the promise of fiscal discipline has become a straightjacket.
    Oliver Eagleton, Time, 5 July 2025
  • Our options are to chase growth and tolerate inflation siphoning away most of the progress, impose austerity and trigger a populist backlash, or adopt a neutral monetary protocol and accept the discipline that comes with it.
    Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • For how much their environment (interactions with people) impacted them, men showed more inhibition than women.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
  • Its ability to lower inhibitions and amplify emotions can turn minor arguments into serious, sometimes dangerous conflicts.
    Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Human rights groups have also warned that near-total internet blackouts across Iran can be used as a tool of repression, blocking the population from sharing information with the outside world.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 25 June 2025
  • This was not just a strike on a symbol of repression.
    Siamak Namazi, Time, 25 June 2025

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“Self-control.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-control. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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