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Recent Examples of epistemic
Brigette Lundy-Paine plays — in my interpretation, at least — a trans person haunted by their own self-awareness when so many people are still stuck in epistemic closets, capturing all the nuance of that pain.
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Samantha Allen, Them, 14 Jan. 2025
Populists question elites’ epistemic culture, which requires deference to experts.
—Jacob Hale Russell, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
Brigette Lundy-Paine plays — in my interpretation, at least — a trans person haunted by their own self-awareness when so many people are still stuck in epistemic closets, capturing all the nuance of that pain.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 14 Jan. 2025
These are empirical life preservers that pull us out of the epistemic whirlpool.
—Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
See All Example Sentences for epistemic
Samantha Allen, Them, 14 Jan. 2025
Populists question elites’ epistemic culture, which requires deference to experts.
—Jacob Hale Russell, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
Brigette Lundy-Paine plays — in my interpretation, at least — a trans person haunted by their own self-awareness when so many people are still stuck in epistemic closets, capturing all the nuance of that pain.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 14 Jan. 2025
These are empirical life preservers that pull us out of the epistemic whirlpool.
—Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epistemic
Adjective
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Even simple changes to your daily routine, like taking a new route to the office or working from a different location, can enhance your cognitive flexibility by forcing your brain to change its thought patterns.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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This compound helps protect the brain, and lower levels may increase vulnerability to behavioral and cognitive issues.—
Fran Kritz,
Verywell Health,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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And like other forms of abuse, the effects of FGM/C are irreversible, a girl subjected to FGM/C will carry the physical and psychological consequences for the rest of her life.—
Sydney Iannantuono,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2025
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The Russian POWs are in Belarus, the ministry said, where they were being provided with medical and psychological care.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Apr. 2025
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The actual policy changes related to the California Model, the secretary said, are limited to adapting training courses and working to make staff more aware of the mental and emotional consequences of trauma on staff and incarcerated people.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The victim, a man in his 20s, was alert and conscious and was transported to an area hospital for treatment, Boisvert said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
22 Apr. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Your bottom line will look robust, but no internal deception goes unpublished.—
Rob Davis,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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In New York, DOJ lawyers accidentally revealed an internal document acknowledging the shortcomings in their plan to kill congestion pricing.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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After graduating from Harvard Law School, Clement clerked for the federal appeals-court judge Laurence Silberman, the intellectual godfather to generations of conservative lawyers, and then for Justice Antonin Scalia.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
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This helps the church establish leaders, college presidents and intellectual leaders.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Epistemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epistemic. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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