contemplating

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These are all factors demanding notice from small investors contemplating adding these sectors to their retirement funds.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Recently, while contemplating stovetop pasta, made better — the kind you can pull off on a Tuesday without feeling stretched, as requested by several of you!

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

“We’re contemplating all of these shifts,” Talwar said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

There's Ishu Gariya, for example, a 20-year-old who after finishing Indian high school was contemplating a university degree and a job in computers.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

He looked as if he’d been holding that posture for some time, contemplating the squalor.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover