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Recent Examples of epistemic
Populists question elites’ epistemic culture, which requires deference to experts.
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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
Manipulated media is far from harmless, but its harms have not been epistemic.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
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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
Manipulated media is far from harmless, but its harms have not been epistemic.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
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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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As those neurons die, patients can develop a range of disabling symptoms, including tremor, rigidity, fatigue, difficulty walking and cognitive problems.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
17 Apr. 2025
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Some of it is psychological, and some is physiological.—
Nancy LeBrun,
Verywell Health,
28 Mar. 2025
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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
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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 World Health Organization defines burnout as an occupational phenomenon which is characterized by feelings of energy depletion, increased mental distance from one's job, and reduced professional efficacy.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 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
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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
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Major negative factors include Iran’s greater nuclear weapon capabilities, its shorter time frames to build nuclear weapons, and the growing normalization of internal Iranian discussions favoring building nuclear weapons.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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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
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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
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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 22 Apr. 2025.
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