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contemplative

[kuhn-tem-pluh-tiv, kon-tuhm-pley-, -tem-] / kənˈtɛm plə tɪv, ˈkɒn təmˌpleɪ-, -tɛm- /


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After the energy of the five opening songs, we hear the resonant toll of The Sacred Bell of King Seongdeok - one of Korea's national treasures - and BTS slip into a more contemplative mode.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Unlike Douglas Sirk’s beautifully photographed Technicolor melodramas of the 1950s, or the subgenre’s more narratively contemplative, weepy entries from the late ’70s, the new guard of romantic tearjerkers doesn’t have a pronounced stylistic draw.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

When discussing the two years he spent in Metallica and the bad blood that followed, Mustaine is contemplative and serene.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Others have focused attention on the distance between these contemplative writings and the facts of Marcus’ political career.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Followed by a long, contemplative gaze fixed somewhere in the middle distance.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly




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