contemplate
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“The thought that leads me to contemplate with dread the erasure of other voices, of unwritten novels, poems whispered or swallowed for fear of being overheard — that thought is a nightmare,” she said.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
“I’m looking at these numbers and could not even contemplate signing on the bottom line,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
For a moment, he almost allows himself to contemplate victory.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
The Oakland Raiders had a throwaway 12th-round pick in the 1977 draft, and then-coach John Madden grew frustrated hearing his personnel executives contemplate using it on a basketball player or track guy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
One day’s work is all I can permit myself to contemplate and I eliminate the possibility of ever finishing.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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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