as in poet
a person who writes poetry
where is the muse who will sing of this man's great and noble deeds?
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as in to ruminate
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Recent Examples of muse
Natasha Gural, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Apparently Gabriele D’Annunzio, the poet, saw her and thought, this woman is my muse.
—Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
Gary Trust, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2025
Trump also mused about dissolving the board of the Postal Service and merging it with the Commerce Department.
—Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Her muse and favorite model was German actress and singer Traute Rose (1903-1989), featured in intimate paintings such as My Studio and At the Mirror.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Apparently Gabriele D’Annunzio, the poet, saw her and thought, this woman is my muse.
—Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
In 2016, upon the 15th anniversary of Once More With Feeling’s premiere, the series’ Anthony Head — aka Buffy’s slayer sage, Giles — mused about the idea to give the cast something to sing about.
—Gary Trust, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2025
Trump also mused about dissolving the board of the Postal Service and merging it with the Commerce Department.
—Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muse
Noun
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For the poet and filmmaker Asia Johnson, who was selected for the 2019 class of fellows shortly after coming home at age 32 from nine years in prison, the recognition changed the trajectory of her life.—
Hilarie M. Sheets,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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The secondhand market reflects some of Ireland’s cultural inflection points: An allegiance to sport with racks of vintage O’Neills in every color to inspire your inner Connell, romantic skirts and bold costume jewelry that speak to the poets and writers that have made the island famous.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The confident and haughty Onegin kills his friend in the duel and flees to travel the world to ruminate.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
WWD,
23 Jan. 2025
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Even more, working out prevents you from ruminating by taking your mind off whatever’s going wrong in your life.—
Julia Ries,
SELF,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Robinson, an American tap dancer, actor, and singer, began his career in minstrel shows and moved to vaudeville, Broadway, the recording industry, films, radio, and television.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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However, the success of what many Latinos consider a 21st-century minstrel show (complete with a European protagonist’s fair complexion conspicuously darkened to play Mexican) lies not in artistic license but a kind of cinematic arbitrage.—
Giancarlo Sopo,
IndieWire,
3 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Fans took to the comments to both praise and ponder Trainor's new look.—
Tracy Wright,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
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For the six years between the two boys’ deaths, James, too, was pondering suicide—Vincent’s, and then, at some point, his own.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Advice like meditating daily for an hour or sharpening up our golf game for networking purposes is useless to women because none of us have time for that.—
Cherie Kloss,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Speaking in the museum’s galleries, both meditate on the role African culture played in the history of art, and the ways art might champion African identity.—
Kelly Presutti,
ARTnews.com,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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To recognize the Fed’s insignificance, all readers need to do is contemplate all the attention given the central bank by economists and pundits.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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That type of payment would also not be allowed under the House settlement, which contemplates payment for a share of media, ticket and sponsorship revenue.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The 19th asked 10 trans icons, from Elliot Page to Peppermint, to reflect on the movies that move them and that and affirm the dignity of trans people.—
Kate Sosin,
Them.,
27 Mar. 2025
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Shortly before the end of Biden’s term in January, the Department of Education issued a fact sheet contending that Title IX applies to colleges’ direct payments to athletes reflecting revenue share/NIL.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Unemployment was projected to be 4.4% this year, not December’s 4.3%.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Wall Street analysts projected that the national chain’s revenue growth will slow to 4 percent in 2025 from 5 percent last fiscal year based on the tariff anxiety.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Muse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muse. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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