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
Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 8 Feb. 2025
The shoes at the show were just as eye-catching as the hats, so large that some models didn’t dare to walk down the stairs to the end of the runway but rather strutted right to the edge of the stairwell—maybe a nod to the storyline of Dracula’s muses not being able to escape.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 11 Feb. 2025
Paul Chi, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2025
Supermodel Winnie Harlow opened the show in a black minidress with red draping in the skirt and off the shoulder, followed by Siriano model muse Coco Rocha, who strutted the runway thrice, including closing the show in a striking sheer red ballgown.
—Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
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Noun
There were individuals in the audience ranging from Love Island’s Serena Page to the artist Muni Long and Hudson’s muse Keke Palmer.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 8 Feb. 2025
The shoes at the show were just as eye-catching as the hats, so large that some models didn’t dare to walk down the stairs to the end of the runway but rather strutted right to the edge of the stairwell—maybe a nod to the storyline of Dracula’s muses not being able to escape.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 11 Feb. 2025
Verb
Even Klein, the legendary designer himself, sat front row at the runway show along with his OG Calvin Klein muses Kate Moss and Christy Turlington to witness Leoni’s inaugural outing.
—Paul Chi, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2025
Supermodel Winnie Harlow opened the show in a black minidress with red draping in the skirt and off the shoulder, followed by Siriano model muse Coco Rocha, who strutted the runway thrice, including closing the show in a striking sheer red ballgown.
—Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
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Noun
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Interestingly, many of the elementary schools built here from 1886-1891 were named for poets, including John Greenleaf Whittier.—
Randy Mason,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2025
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Returning to these communities’ intimate relationship with sand can provide a powerful new perspective on urban development, according to poet and literary critic Joanne Leow.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In other parts of Just Beyond the Light, Blythe uses a stay at the Chelsea Hotel in New York to ruminate on songwriting and other forms of creativity, while the chapter before laments the epidemic of school shootings in the United States and the lack of effective measures to prevent them.—
Gary Graff,
Billboard,
19 Feb. 2025
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Saint Levant has been ruminating on his identity lately.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025
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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
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Amid this dark, silent space, the siblings survived on rice balls and pondered what had just happened to their serene home.—
Ronan O'Connell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Feb. 2025
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The Kaan isn’t even the first fifth-generation fighter project the Emirates has purportedly pondered joining.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The house and gardens are open to visitors who want to wander, meditate, and find inspiration.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
2 Mar. 2025
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Francis instead wrote that people should meditate on love that builds a fraternity open to all, without exception.—
Jason DeRose,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
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With America out of the picture, Europe is beginning to contemplate moves that would have been unimaginable mere months ago.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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Such theoretical impairments would be concerning in any context—but especially when contemplating a person who has achieved enough power to be unironically described as co-president of the United States.—
Shayla Love,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2025
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At a Newsweek Horizons event in December, a panel of experts reflected on the last round of U.N. talks in Busan, South Korea, and what's at stake in the next negotiations.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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The investment firm said recent demand issues do not appear to reflect a structural problem with Chipotle and that this could be a good entry point for investors to buy the stock, which has struggled in 2025 so far and is up just 2% over the past 12 months.—
Sean Conlon,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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The bill has also awarded billions in grants and loans that are projected to create another 145,000 jobs.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2025
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The biggest losses are projected in the case of persisting tariffs by the U.S. and major retaliatory tariffs coming from the other two countries in question for industries like mining, leather and lumber, but also computers, electronics and electronic equipment.—
Katharina Buchholz,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Muse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muse. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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