as in contemplation
long or deep thinking about spiritual matters
the busy executive devotes an hour a day to quiet meditation
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Rather than passing explicit judgment, the film provides a meditation on human dominance and the ethical dilemmas of our interactions with other species.
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Lise Pedersen, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
The same year, Crying in H Mart, Zauner’s candid meditation on her Korean roots and the illness and death of her mother, Chongmi, was released to similar raves.
—Rob Ledonne, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025
Some scale mountains because there’s a kind of meditation in moving—and in the presence of risk.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2025
While Pasolini delivers his meditations to clergy members gathered at the Vatican, the pope listens from his hospital room, though the attendees cannot see or hear him.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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Lise Pedersen, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
The same year, Crying in H Mart, Zauner’s candid meditation on her Korean roots and the illness and death of her mother, Chongmi, was released to similar raves.
—Rob Ledonne, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025
Some scale mountains because there’s a kind of meditation in moving—and in the presence of risk.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2025
While Pasolini delivers his meditations to clergy members gathered at the Vatican, the pope listens from his hospital room, though the attendees cannot see or hear him.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Meditation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meditation. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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