contemplation
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The lead characters are sketches of real people — mere catalysts for thematic contemplation when they should also be genuinely integral parts of a story.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
No machine has free will, conscience, spiritual depth, the capacity for love, or the ability to grow through hardship, sacrifice and contemplation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
She joins me in the kitchen, and as we eat, she talks about her life: about her mom, work and a love relationship needing contemplation.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
“If the first movie was contemplation — a boy exploring a new world — and the second one is a war movie, this one is a thriller. It is action-packed and tense. More muscular.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Why, then, did Copley show Revere at a workbench with his engraving tools spread out before him, holding a teapot as the object of his contemplation and offering it to us for our inspection?
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
Vocabulary lists containing contemplation
Tuck Everlasting
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A Long Way Gone
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Siddhartha
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