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contemplate

[kon-tuhm-pleyt, -tem-] / ˈkɒn təmˌpleɪt, -tɛm- /




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It’s also for those simply contemplating how they want to grow old.

From The Wall Street Journal

Meanwhile, nonfiction authors contemplate a Spanish shipwreck, a racially motivated murder, the origins of great ideas and how laughter can change our lives.

From Los Angeles Times

For Joe Bennett, it is hard to contemplate the next few days without them.

From BBC

Facing his first Christmas without his wife, Andrew thinks this is indicative of our wider inability to talk about death, to even contemplate facing our worst nightmare.

From BBC

Not so if you confess to streaming military thrillers while other, nobler souls are busy contemplating peace on earth.

From The Wall Street Journal