"public reflection" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to the act of thinking deeply and critically about something in a public setting, often with the intention of sharing one's thoughts and insights with others. Example: The politician's public reflection on the current state of the economy sparked a lively debate among the audience members during the town hall meeting.
It was not clear what the president meant — but it marked the first public reflection of a frequent private threat to close the border.
Even his own commissioners concluded that they had been asked to do too much in too little time and without nearly enough public reflection.
So it is striking that the centenary of one of the most devastating events in human history has been allowed to pass thus far with almost no public reflection of any kind.
Public reflection on the folding of networked communications into social and political life is important, but it can't happen when conflict in society and politics is displaced on to a reassuring focus on media harm.
The litigation relating to the strikes that killed the three Americans in Yemen prompted a degree of public reflection about the drone campaign and forced the government to clarify and defend some of its positions.
In her final press conference as Labor leader on 26 June, Gillard made the following public reflection about gender: "There's been a lot of analysis about the so-called gender wars.
Two members of that core group offered public reflections last week on the court's current state, declaring themselves satisfied.
In his frequent public reflections on the last year, and in his ad, Mr. Pataki does not claim credit.
This is the first book to bring together so many world-renowned figures of Western science and present them in their own words, offering an intimate window into their private and public reflections on science and faith.
In her first public reflections on the climate accord signed in December, Christiana Figueres, the UN climate change official, said that after two decades of meandering negotiations, countries had at last discovered their "higher purpose" and risen to the challenge of dealing with global warming.
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