1
as in to contemplate
to give serious and careful thought to
I've been meditating a career change for months
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2
as in to intend
to have in mind as a purpose or goal
had meditated a quick return to work after having the baby, but circumstances changed
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Recent Examples of meditate
While meditating in a pose, my limbs began to shake from the weighted resistance.
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Teaghan Skulszki, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2025
Swans glide across its surface, new mothers push strollers around its perimeter, and people of many faiths and backgrounds meditate quietly along its shores.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Over the last 20 years, according to David Lynch Foundation CEO Bobby Roth, the organization has raised over $100 million, taught more than a million people to meditate, and instituted meditation programs in schools and hospitals around the world.
—Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2025
Honestly, the idea of having to meditate usually gives me more anxiety than whatever was stressing me out in the first place.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 11 Jan. 2025
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Teaghan Skulszki, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2025
Swans glide across its surface, new mothers push strollers around its perimeter, and people of many faiths and backgrounds meditate quietly along its shores.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Over the last 20 years, according to David Lynch Foundation CEO Bobby Roth, the organization has raised over $100 million, taught more than a million people to meditate, and instituted meditation programs in schools and hospitals around the world.
—Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2025
Honestly, the idea of having to meditate usually gives me more anxiety than whatever was stressing me out in the first place.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meditate
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This would necessitate integrating French alongside English in our federal operations—a significant governance shift few have seriously contemplated.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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State officials in Texas and elsewhere are contemplating their own legislation on the issue.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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Cameras are intended to be used by homeowners to keep their houses safe.—
Sophie Clark,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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There is also a yoke instead of a steering wheel, part of the car’s steer-by-wire system, which is intended to improve maneuverability by varying the car’s steering response at different speeds.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2025
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Many Americans have taken to social media to ponder what a democratic country looks like without a federal agency at the helm of education.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2025
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Lim has obviously pondered this cosmic music at length.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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The former Steelers quarterback spent Thursday visiting with the Cleveland Browns and also plans to visit with the New York Giants on Friday.—
Mike DeFabo,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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The Danish investment firm plans to take advantage of projects being sold at a discount by firms leaving the green energy sector.—
Alan Neuhauser,
Axios,
14 Mar. 2025
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Carter gave up smoking and took up swimming and—a basis for a musical, perhaps—entertained Bette Midler and her husband.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
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Such preachy, doctrinaire, often repellant art may be made to draw attention to this or that social issue, but it is surely not produced to entertain.—
Peter Tonguette,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
14 Mar. 2025
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If that snood suddenly shortens, your gobbler has gone from relaxed to alert, and the jig might be up.—
Alice Jones Webb,
Outdoor Life,
21 Mar. 2025
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That game was just the start of an epic back-and-forth that’s seen the coaches meet in two Final Fours — and win one apiece; go head-to-head in the NBA and Conference USA; and later share a state when Pitino led Louisville and Calipari helmed Kentucky.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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That is why seeing consensus first-round pick Omarion Hampton, widely considered the second-best running back in this year's class behind Ashton Jeanty, ranked as the seventh-best running back in the draft is a bit jarring.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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But their final decision did not come without first considering the consequences.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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OpenAI hopes to raise hundreds of billions of dollars to construct computer chip factories in the Middle East.—
Cade Metz,
New York Times,
17 Mar. 2025
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The Bengals are also hoping to reach an extension with Trey Hendrickson despite the All-Pro edge rusher receiving permission to seek a trade.—
Joe Reedy,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Meditate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meditate. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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