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
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
Running out of space to stash crude on land and at sea, Rosneft started to contemplate output cuts, said senior Russian energy officials.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Investors should contemplate this war’s financial effects just the same.
From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026
Of course she’d suspected what was coming, but that made it no easier to contemplate.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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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