as in contemplation
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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 -
For so many of our entertainment heroes, considering their legacy is more about contemplation than unabashed celebration.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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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
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The following cogitations, therefore, are not totally uninformed noisy opining.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
10 Dec. 2024
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The narrator knows that there is something cheapening and peculiarly hollow about all this cogitation.—
Merve Emre,
The New Yorker,
8 Oct. 2024
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Instead, the show will spotlight the songwriters through personal reflections and behind-the-scenes insights from the creative teams behind the music, as Variety‘s Clayton Davis reported in January.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2025
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After years of reflection and now thoughtful, the new team and I have amazing plans for Fyre 2.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2025
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Ong, 79, also consented to have a second charge taken into consideration for the purposes of sentencing at a court hearing scheduled on April 2, according to a statement from Hotel Properties, in which the tycoon serves as managing director.—
Jonathan Burgos,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Bellas said the parks department would take Thursday’s public comments into consideration.—
Emma Hall,
Sacramento Bee,
1 Mar. 2025
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Adults who are highly playful are also more positive about the future and more resilient in the face of challenges, according to a new study released February 9 in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
23 Feb. 2025
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According to a McKinsey study, high performers are 400% more productive than average employees.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Commercial pilot and licensed psychotherapist shares words of encouragement after recent plane crashes Michaela Renee Johnson says fear is a natural response to seeing the recent aviation disasters — and shares her thoughts on how people can ultimately tackle their fear.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
22 Feb. 2025
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Initially, there was a thought to fudge the rules a bit and just go with their birthplace, but they were born in different states: Quinn in Orlando and Luke in Manchester, New Hampshire.—
Peter Baugh,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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The film, which won big at the Golden Globes, was previously embroiled in controversy over its use of artificial intelligence in dialect, with Corbet giving an assertive defense of his performers amid the debate.—
Sandra Gonzalez,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
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Macron has been pushing Europe to hold a debate on the role that French nuclear weapons can play in the continent's defense, which could pressure the U.K. to follow suit.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Rumination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumination. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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