- past tense form of contemplate.
- past participle of contemplate.
contemplated
Example Sentences
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Nike last week said its results would get a lift from tariff refunds that were “not contemplated in the company’s previously provided guidance.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
At the rapidly expanding AI on the Lot conference in Culver City, the “Taxi Driver” scripter mixed provocation and unease as he contemplated Hollywood’s future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
In recent years, the “Good Wife” and “Shrinking” actor has contemplated on his mortality, telling “CBS News Sunday Morning” in 2023 that he doesn’t see himself making it to 80.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
It isn’t meant to be entered, only contemplated, an oasis of calm amid the urban hubbub.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
For, as Madison assured Jackson, “such things are not contemplated by any gentlemen in the congress.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
