contemplate
Example Sentences
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Morbid though it is to contemplate, those kinds of numbers probably make more congressional deaths in the near future inevitable.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026
Kaushal says the Union’s blockade of Confederate ports during the Civil War starved the U.K. of cotton and pushed the world’s then-military superpower to contemplate breaking it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 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
People are stuck in heightened emotional states that block the slow, calm thought needed to contemplate difficult issues.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
In some ways, these convicts were the most frightening to contemplate, for they demonstrated that badness could take hold of anyone.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Vocabulary lists containing contemplate
Of Mice and Men
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List 5
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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