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meditative

[med-i-tey-tiv] / ˈmɛd ɪˌteɪ tɪv /


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“Sometimes it’s kind of nice to enter a meditative state and not be scrolling on my phone,” he observes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

There is certainly an unhurried pace to poet and playwright Andri Snær Magnason’s ruminations on his island nation’s disappearing glaciers, and a meditative quality to the film’s startlingly beautiful visuals.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

And his search for a Christian philosophy goes from meditative to frightening.

From Slate Jun. 18, 2026

Sonny Rollins, the "Saxophone Colossus" whose hard-charging yet flowingly meditative works made him the last in a golden era of jazz greats, died Monday.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

“He thinks,” said the landlord, a weakly meditative man with a pale eye, who seemed to rely greatly on his Jack,—“he thinks they was, what they wasn’t.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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