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contemplate

[kon-tuhm-playt, -tem-] / ˈkɒn təmˌpleɪt, -tɛm- /




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Conversely, with an album, you take it home, “keep it for 20 years and contemplate its tracks,” says Cohn.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

They now need to contemplate exactly how far the Fed will go to get inflation back under control, as well as what a longer Fed hiking cycle might mean for markets and the economy.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Once the key protagonists in Premier League heavyweight contests, the Gunners would seemingly never contemplate allowing their top scorer to join United.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Over at Fitch, the feeling is that the project will almost certainly be finished in time for the Olympics, mostly because the consequences of missing that deadline are too horrible to contemplate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

It was bad luck, bad fortune, freakish to the point of being too scary to contemplate.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The 69-year-old also contemplates a new activity: becoming a U.S. senator, by booting out another Dan Sullivan who has held that job for 12 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

As the seventh generation of his family to fish for eels on Lough Neagh, he gets emotional when he contemplates the future.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Meanwhile, Sam Adams contemplates the film’s ending, arguing that Nolan’s final plot twist changes the meaning of the whole story.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

When asked if he sees himself as Ruben, Gadd contemplates the question, debating whether it’s his “jetlagged brain” or ambivalence about finding some of Ruben within him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

I am the cat who contemplates both the mouse and the cheese.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

Paramount provided Salazar with videos and then told Facebook what videos he watched without his consent—the exact kind of injury contemplated by the statute.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

But successful designs have become more seriously contemplated only in recent years as electric motors and high-performance batteries have advanced.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

They asked their supervisors to approve a new investigation and contemplated using undercover operatives to gather more evidence.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

The move was contemplated for months, said Reagan, the CFO.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

She briefly contemplated jumping in the Boggy Crone River, before remembering it was frozen.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

An emotional Mark Allen said retiring from snooker is "something I have been contemplating for a while" following his first-round loss to Jordan Brown in the Northern Ireland Open.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

As it came to fruition, he sought to answer two main questions when contemplating which works of his collection to share with the public.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

While he said talks would resume this week, that was unable to lift the gloom on trading floors, with traders contemplating further rises in inflation that will force the Fed to tighten monetary policy more.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Meanwhile, the official story was considerably harder for an ordinary person contemplating lunch to follow.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

She looks as though she is contemplating a painting or reading a sign from far away, squinting just a little.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern


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