How to Use on/upon reflection in a Sentence
on/upon reflection
idiom
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Again, this is something that, on reflection, makes a lot of sense.
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Chad Orzel,
Forbes,
29 Oct. 2021
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The aura of Rohmer and the emphasis on reflection through language is still within it, but the piece has taken many turns along the way.
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Risa Sarachan,
Forbes,
16 June 2022
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That’s, on reflection, what disturbed me most in Parabellum: the joy.
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Wyatt Mason,
Harper’s Magazine ,
6 Jan. 2023
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Rachel Allen, its vice president, indicates that one of the ways that this shows up is a focus on reflection and learning.
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Emily Finchum-Mason,
The Conversation,
4 May 2022
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Unlike humans, whose eyes consist of rounded lenses that refract light, lobsters’ eyes depend on reflection.
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Claire Bugos,
Discover Magazine,
23 June 2021
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But on reflection the opportunity sounded like an ideal trial run.
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André Wheeler,
The New Yorker,
11 Oct. 2021
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But something else is hanging there, too, something unexpected and incongruous — except that, on reflection, the something else is fitting.
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BostonGlobe.com,
4 Nov. 2021
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Upon reflection later that night (in the safety of two-dimensional webinar Sundance), the interaction felt telling.
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Washington Post,
4 Feb. 2022
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And, on reflection, how could a succession of American presidents, from Truman to Bush, have been so pathetically wrong about the proper direction of American policy?
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Washington Post,
2 Apr. 2021
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The most crucial plot point — shaky on reflection, absurdly overplayed in the sequel — is Batman's belief that one effective District Attorney will turn his nightmare city into statistical Singapore.
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Darren Franich,
EW.com,
28 Feb. 2022
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Ramadan, always observed during the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, requires that observant Muslims refrain from eating or drinking between sunup and sunset and focus on reflection, prayer, charity and building community.
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The Salt Lake Tribune,
12 Apr. 2021
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In retrospect and upon reflection, there was an underlying offensive connection to historical atrocities.
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Zaz Hollander,
Anchorage Daily News,
12 Feb. 2022
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