epistemic

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Recent Examples of epistemic Will either ever be as essential or influential as Twitter among epistemic elites? Katherine Alejandra Cross, WIRED, 13 July 2023 These human sciences present a patchwork of conflicting claims to epistemic supremacy. Jason Blakely, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023 The interrogations of Laurence delve deep into her childhood, her family, her life in Paris, her academic ambitions, her relationship with the father of her child (an older and married white man), and her own epistemic relationship to the killing (including in relation to her Senegalese heritage). Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2022 The more obvious pattern uniting the likes of Covid denialist Alex Berenson, anti-vaccine advocate and Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and election-denying Gateway Pundit publisher Jim Hoft is their epistemic closure. Rob Pegoraro, The New Republic, 7 July 2023 See All Example Sentences for epistemic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for epistemic
Adjective
  • Some suggest this could negatively affect the immune system or be related to cognitive impairment in older adults.
    Jennifer Lefton, MS, RD/N, CNSC, FAND, Verywell Health, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Such interventions have been shown in past research to improve memory and thinking skills by five points on a cognitive test for people with mild cognitive impairment.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The debt snowball method is meant to create quick wins that translate into psychological boosts by paying off your smallest debts first.
    Gabriel Rodríguez, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Starmer's seeming ridiculous announcement will do nothing but slap a symbolic bandage on a far deeper generational psychological wound.
    Jeffrey Blehar, National Review, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Williamson said earlier this week that his hamstring is completely healed, but his mental state remains a work in progress.
    oregonlive, oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Sign up That Torrance pushed Vial and Eduardo to such mental anguish does not surprise immigrant-justice advocates.
    María Inés Taracena, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
Adjective
  • First responders arrived at the scene around 10:03 a.m. to find Joseph conscious and alert, the sheriff's office said.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Diplomatic and socially conscious, Mitchell chooses to keep the peace in his relationships, especially seeing both sides of an argument, just like Libra.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • What's Being Recalled And Why The voluntary recall was initiated by Cabot’s parent company, Agri-Mark, Inc., on March 26, 2025, after internal testing detected elevated levels of coliform bacteria.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Review staff and supervisors are now allowed to resume telework at least two days a week, according to an internal email obtained by the AP.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Iran has cultivated an astonishing intellectual and artistic depth with far fewer resources than many other nations.
    Rebecca Ruth Gould, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Framed as a biography of Jensen Huang, the only CEO Nvidia has ever had, the book is also something more interesting and revealing: a window onto the intellectual, cultural, and economic ecosystem that has led to the emergence of superpowerful AI.
    James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Epistemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epistemic. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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