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contemplate

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




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“It can feel overwhelming to contemplate all the messiness,” Ms. Khamsi acknowledges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

At that stage, Strategy was sitting on unrealized losses of almost $5 billion and despite public displays of bravura and a refusal to contemplate selling, the pressure on Strategy’s stock price was relentless.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Losing Brown and Cummings was grim enough but the fear of losing Steyn as well was too much to contemplate.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Investors should contemplate this war’s financial effects just the same.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

He could hear Father Mulrooney telling him to contemplate the virtues of obedience.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer




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