contemplative
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I usually spend the first four or five to six minutes with my eyes closed in some sort of contemplative state.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
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
These patchwork visions have a restrained, contemplative air that carefully weighs the seriousness of their themes without ever dipping into melodrama or titillation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
John Kelly and Andrew Freedman’s light, contemplative film reads as a hopeful look at retirement and beyond.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
Where the goal of Greek philosophy had been contemplative understanding, that of Baconian philosophy was a new technology.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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