as in melancholy
given to or marked by long, quiet thinking
he was clearly in a musing mood, and did not feel like talking just then
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Recent Examples of musing
Lawrence B.a. Hatter / Made By History, TIME, 4 Feb. 2025
This adds a dreamy, adventurous vibe to everything from your love life to your creative musings.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
Head dispenses practice advice — making the film a kind of instructive tool — alongside philosophical musings.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
As with her musings on the lockdown, Soft Burial will get a fresh audience beyond the reach of China's censors when it is published in English (also translated by Berry) by Columbia University Press in March.
—John Ruwitch, NPR, 24 Jan. 2025
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Noun
If Trump’s musings are really aimed at bullying the Canadian government into trade concessions, then his bellicose bluster is self-defeating.
—Lawrence B.a. Hatter / Made By History, TIME, 4 Feb. 2025
This adds a dreamy, adventurous vibe to everything from your love life to your creative musings.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
Head dispenses practice advice — making the film a kind of instructive tool — alongside philosophical musings.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
As with her musings on the lockdown, Soft Burial will get a fresh audience beyond the reach of China's censors when it is published in English (also translated by Berry) by Columbia University Press in March.
—John Ruwitch, NPR, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musing
Adjective
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Even the quieter domestic dramas vying less for box-office glory and more for Academy Awards acclaim feature music lush with classical detail, like Carter Burwell’s melancholy strings in Carol, giving twinkly lyricism to the emotional violence roiling beneath the characters’ skins.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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Instead, their new record is merely 47 minutes and 17 seconds of relative silence and white noise, a melancholy display of the sound of music if there’s no artists to actually create it.—
Ethan Millman,
Rolling Stone,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Started roughly a month ago by John Schwarz, a Chicago-area meditation and mindfulness educator, the idea has taken off on social media, where searches for the term surface hundreds of posts of people sharing screenshots of infographics and encouraging others to participate in the protest.—
Angela Yang,
NBC News,
28 Feb. 2025
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The audience was enraptured in a deep meditation from start to finish.—
Anna Haines,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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School Board members are now pondering the idea of asking voters for another bond in the future.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Dec. 2024
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There may be some benefit from these policies, but business leaders pondering their 2025 plans will want to focus on their own labor needs.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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That didn’t stop Durant from considering each question before providing a thoughtful answer.—
Darnell Mayberry,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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Finally, Montgomery appear as Hillary, a thoughtful woman who longs for justice, according to Deadline.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Venus will also station retrograde, marking a period of reflection and contemplation, specifically regarding your aspirations and long-term goals.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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For so many of our entertainment heroes, considering their legacy is more about contemplation than unabashed celebration.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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For instance, a depressed person may feel better in terms of their energy and sleep, but still have negative, ruminating thoughts.—
Charles Trepany,
USA TODAY,
16 Dec. 2024
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People filled comment sections for videos and posts about the shooting with unsympathetic replies, pointing out UnitedHealthcare’s reputation for denying claims, and ruminating on how much suffering Thompson was responsible for at the helm of the company.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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But on Monday night, the 69-year-old took a few moments to turn reflective.—
CJ Moore,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Even worse, birds often crash into reflective windows, perceiving them as a continuation of the sky.—
Anelise Chen,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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If there are plants that become drugs for humans, the more-than-human world vibrates in hallucinogenic reveries.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2025
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Sho interrupts Masa’s reverie by announcing that a new pattern in his behavior has been deduced.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
21 Aug. 2024
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“Musing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musing. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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