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contemplating

[ kon-tuhm-pley-ting, -tem- ]

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adjective

observing, studying, or thinking deeply about something:
A stronger spirit and sense of purpose help shift the contemplating mind into a more action-orientated self.

noun

the act of observing, studying, or thinking deeply about something:
After some more contemplating over the last few days, I now know what I'm going to do.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of contemplating¹

First recorded in 1580–90; contemplat(e) ( def ) + -ing ²( def ) for the adjective; contemplat(e) ( def ) + -ing ¹( def ) for the noun

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So I was contemplating that Friday afternoon if I should make the trip.

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Nearly 500 years later, another Earl of Devon, is once again contemplating getting the chop.

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The S&P 500 index added $2.4tn in market value for about 10 minutes, only for it to all vanish once the White House quickly denied the president was contemplating such a move.

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Yet, the images that we’re left with encourage us to check in, over and over again, as this crazy show keeps us contemplating what it is to be fallible humans.

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“The court has exhausted virtually every mechanism for prodding defendants to finally achieve compliance,” Mueller wrote in a July 2024 order contemplating appointment of a receiver.

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