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Recent Examples of self-reflective
Not only does the AI need to do this in terms of what the user is saying, but the AI needs to be self-reflective as well.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 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
Craig is self-reflective while being appropriately reverent to the tropes of the genre.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 9 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
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
Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 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
Craig is self-reflective while being appropriately reverent to the tropes of the genre.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 9 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
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
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Events of this summer require all parties to be introspective.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Where the first and second used the murder-mystery as a jumping-off point for some very funny contemporary satire, Wake Up Dead Man is much more introspective.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The paddles would be situated 180 degrees with relation to one another, so the reflective sides point in opposite directions.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The product has nine light-reflective shades and is infused with 85 percent skincare ingredients, the company tells me.—
Rachel Burchfield,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The swan, a clutch of new collaborations, a retrospective exhibition — and gold galore — take center stage as Swarovski kicks off its 130th anniversary celebrations this month.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
2 Sep. 2025
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Making a book and hosting a retrospective show led the conversation.—
Cam'ron Hardy,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Indeed, Devonté Hynes, on his fifth studio LP as Blood Orange, manages to make life’s contemplative moments seem urgent, celestial, and rehabilitative.—
Will Dukes,
Rolling Stone,
2 Sep. 2025
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This is where a contemplative approach to leadership is most valuable.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The video begins with Grint's pensive walk home from prison after serving time for stalking, and images of Sheeran flood his memory and sight.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Enyedi has often made meditative cinema, but here her restraint in some sequences verges on suffocating.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Never through excess or ostentation, but through quiet discipline — a meditative expression of grace.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Told from the point of view of Ruffalo's lawman and the everyman (Tom Pelphry) who is surprisingly leading the robberies, the drama is seriously dark but also thoughtful and addictive.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The goal isn’t wholesale replacement of traditional investments but rather thoughtful inclusion to improve long-term outcomes.—
Rick Unser,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Self-reflective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-reflective. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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