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Recent Examples of self-exploration
Overall, Gemini Near Me’s goal is to empower users to become the best version of themselves by diving into self-exploration and embarking on a fascinating self-work journey—made possible by a plethora of interactive features.
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Emma Kershaw, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
That self-exploration inspired her latest album, Patterns.
—Jeff Nelson, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Along with literary value, purposes instructors noted in choosing specific books included capturing particular moments in history, providing fodder for interesting class discussions and self-exploration, and simply being interesting and entertaining reading for students.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Mar. 2025
In her thirties, Mosley began a deep journey of self-exploration.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
The affair becomes a misguided attempt at self-exploration, a way to recapture freedom, desirability or excitement that seems absent in daily life.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Psychedelics and Personal Growth Beyond their therapeutic applications, psychedelics are also gaining recognition as tools for personal growth, self-exploration, and spiritual development.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
The entirety of the album is a self-exploration for Carroll.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024
In a 2022 interview with Art Plugged, Cunningham explained her art as a form of self-exploration.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Emma Kershaw, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
That self-exploration inspired her latest album, Patterns.
—Jeff Nelson, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Along with literary value, purposes instructors noted in choosing specific books included capturing particular moments in history, providing fodder for interesting class discussions and self-exploration, and simply being interesting and entertaining reading for students.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Mar. 2025
In her thirties, Mosley began a deep journey of self-exploration.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
The affair becomes a misguided attempt at self-exploration, a way to recapture freedom, desirability or excitement that seems absent in daily life.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Psychedelics and Personal Growth Beyond their therapeutic applications, psychedelics are also gaining recognition as tools for personal growth, self-exploration, and spiritual development.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
The entirety of the album is a self-exploration for Carroll.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024
In a 2022 interview with Art Plugged, Cunningham explained her art as a form of self-exploration.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-exploration
- self-discovery
- self-realization
- introspection
- self-fulfillment
- self-reflection
- self-examination
- soul-searching
- self-analysis
Noun
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Alex and Ethan’s self-discovery is short-lived after Alex tells Sasha the truth of their plot.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2025
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Leila reaches out to Maria for help and what follows is a journey of self-discovery for both women in unearthing the beauty and potential in vulnerable young minds when others can’t see it.—
Gus Alexiou,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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As the story unfolds, viewers are drawn into the world of creativity and introspection, witnessing the journey towards self-realization and fulfillment of aspirations, all while navigating the intricate dynamics of the mother-daughter relationship.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2025
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Both young actors are superb, each zigzagging along that fine line between immature posturing and actual, exhilarating self-realization, evoking that transitional stage through which girls like them can often seem at least three ages at once.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And even for those who might be able to separate art from artist, the actor’s seeming lack of introspection about how violence is threaded through his film is an artistic failing.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2025
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There’s not enough moral introspection to elevate the sequel beyond a page-turner, but Mary Alice, Helen, Natalie, and Billie remain good company.—
Yvonne Zipp,
Christian Science Monitor,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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These cultures tend to view divorce as a justifiable and often necessary step toward self-fulfillment.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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This is Mascaro’s most humane film to date, which isn’t to say that August Winds and Neon Bull weren’t also grounded in the individual’s struggle for self-fulfillment outside the strictures of bourgeois circumscribed society.—
Jay D. Weissberg,
Deadline,
18 Feb. 2025
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Instead of just giving information, ask insightful questions that raise awareness, encourage self-reflection and help direct reports own their growth.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Even in his moments of self-reflection, he’s not really thrown.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Warhol is a brisk dip in self-deprecating self-examination.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Apr. 2025
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After a disappointing debut season with the New York Yankees and an inconsistent Year 2, Rodón undertook a thorough self-examination of his status as a starting pitcher.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The scale of Trump's triumph has sparked widespread soul-searching within the Democratic Party over what went wrong and how to rebuild.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Apr. 2025
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The party has spent the early months of the year soul-searching the causes of a bitter election defeat and fighting internally over how best to counter President Trump and his fierce effort to dismantle the traditional workings of Washington.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Zambra’s essays and stories contain plenty of reflection and self-analysis, but the fundamental purpose of the nonfiction that dominates the book is to show readers his son, his son’s world, and the overlapping but not identical world of fatherhood.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2024
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The sociopolitical implications of his story—desperate poverty, harassment by the police, along with exploitation by the boxing business and its high-handed authorities—are balanced by his earnest self-analyses and the detailing of his home life.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2024
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“Self-exploration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-exploration. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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