How to Use self-recognition in a Sentence
self-recognition
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Lent is a time of preparation and self-recognition prior to Easter.
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Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Feb. 2026
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Lent is a time of preparation and self-recognition prior to Easter.
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Marina Johnson,
IndyStar,
20 Feb. 2026
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Whether or not dogs have awareness of themselves as an individual and any sort of mirror self-recognition is still up for debate.
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Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Aug. 2025
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The whales only showed self-recognition-like behaviors after being actually marked.
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Federica Sgorbissa,
ArsTechnica,
24 May 2026
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That hint of self-recognition winds up being heartbreaking, giving the film’s drama a certain gravity that almost works against its more old-fashioned pleasures.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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In this sense, the NSS does not mark a departure in American statecraft so much as a moment of self-recognition.
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Alejandro Reyes,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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Melding the human and nonhuman realms becomes an act of self-recognition for Gander, granting a deeper understanding of himself and the setting of his birth.
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Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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According to a new study published in PLOS One, both animals show the behavioral hallmarks of mirror self-recognition—a cognitive ability long considered a marker of self-awareness, and one that had never before been documented in beluga whales.
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Federica Sgorbissa,
ArsTechnica,
24 May 2026
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