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thought

[thawt] / θɔt /




Usage

What are other ways to say thought? The noun thought, which reflects its primary emphasis on the mental process, may denote any concept except the more weighty and elaborate ones: I welcomed his thoughts on the subject. A thought came to him. Idea, although it may refer to thoughts of any degree of seriousness or triviality, is commonly used for mental concepts considered more important or elaborate: We pondered the idea of the fourth dimension. The idea of his arrival frightened me. Conception suggests a thought that seems complete, individual, recent, or somewhat intricate: The architect's conception delighted them. Notion suggests a fleeting, vague, or imperfect thought: a bare notion of how to proceed.

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Academy Group has told families recently that support they thought their children would get is being withdrawn or cut back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Chemotherapy can slow the disease in some people, but outcomes remain poor, and the environment surrounding the tumor is thought to play an important role in treatment resistance.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

Time Team's Prof Carenza Lewis said they had found traces of square features where it is thought people were housed, which "haven't been excavated before, anywhere".

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

And I thought, ‘Wow, my surgeon doesn’t know about alpha-gal.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Joey Guerrero thought her life in the United States would only last a short while, but each week stretches into the next and she still isn’t cured.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

After the Thiel revelation, Rebecca Dale, a government worker from Leicestershire, posted her thoughts and was struck by the response.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Alliance Party MLA Peter McReynolds said it was "an absolutely heartbreaking incident" and his thoughts were with the families and emergency service personnel.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

But racing thoughts returned just a week after I came home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“No sentence can undo what his family and fellow deputies have carried for three years. My thoughts remain with them,” Ohlsen said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

I tried to push Russell out of my mind, but my thoughts slid about, half focused on the demoralizing drama as George fell into poverty, half drifting to my own predicament.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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