self-reflective

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Recent Examples of self-reflective Students in all stages of their high school careers should be mindful and self-reflective about how their values inform their use of AI tools. Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025 During a recent interview in Rolling Stone, Murph was guarded but self-reflective. Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025 Burnett, in the two-thousands, was self-reflective, testing his ability to tell big, major-key narratives. Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025 Ellie is impulsive, can’t make good judgment calls, sees everything in black and white, gets quite dark, isn’t self-reflective. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025 The bicentennial of our nation’s birth took place during a singularly self-reflective historical moment, just a year after the complete withdrawal of the United States from Vietnam and two years after Richard Nixon’s post-Watergate resignation. Amy S. Greenberg, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025 Craig is self-reflective while being appropriately reverent to the tropes of the genre. Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025 At times self-reflective and at times defiant, Peterson’s declaration after two decades in prison — most of those on Death Row — offers his most detailed version of a story that continues to capture international attention. Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025 This update comes weeks after Bieber had been sharing self-reflective statements on social media. Marina Watts, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-reflective
Adjective
  • Equally vital is the capacity to shed ego and engage in daily, introspective reflection on the successes and shortcomings of their practice.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • In this black-and-white introspective film, Moreno and Zapata play two long-time friends who share their reflections on life, family and love.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Kirilenko described her holding cell inside 26 Federal Plaza as a cold, cement room where women slept on benches or the floor, with just reflective blankets to keep them warm.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2025
  • But behind the scenes, producers say the making of Chaotic was reflective of its title, mostly because the network, UPN, had purchased all of Spears’s footage unseen and then looked to producers to craft a multi-episode series.
    Krystie Lee Yandoli, Glamour, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • On the retrospective front, Locarno will be exploring postwar British cinema from 1945 to 1960.
    Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The long poems pose an additional problem for a biographer: in these retrospective works, written in the seventies and eighties, Schuyler became a late-breaking autobiographer.
    Dan Chiasson, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Then there's the Parker's Heritage Reserve Stout, perhaps the most nuanced and contemplative beer in the lineup.
    Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
  • Parts of The Scout, in its contemplative tone and observational style, reminded me of Perfect Days.
    Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • Her pensive, probing Symphony in C-Sharp Minor had never been performed until the conductor Debora Waldman took it up and recorded it for Bru Zane.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
  • If the position happens to be software programmer, then your quieter, more focused, pensive side needs to come through.
    Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2025
Adjective
  • This kit includes smooth river rocks, vibrant paints and specialized dotting tools that make creating intricate and meditative mandala patterns easy and satisfying.
    Nora Colomer may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Almost 200 fruiting and flowering trees add to the meditative atmosphere.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • These aren’t edge cases but increasingly common scenarios requiring thoughtful, human-centric design.
    Anuradha Gupta, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • An artistic 14-year-old boy known for his thoughtful nature drowned just weeks before starting high school, Michigan officials say.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025

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“Self-reflective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-reflective. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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