- present participle of ponder.
pondering
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He has advice for others pondering an adventure.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Here’s the question I’m pondering this morning: Is it possible to double a business and still disappoint Wall Street?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
That got the Glass Half Full writers pondering a young person’s perspective on the situation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Dickinson imagines pondering a woman’s “workmanship” and remarking “‘This was last Her fingers did’ – / Industrious until –.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
And didn’t he rub his chin and look like he was pondering that thought, but not for quite as long as the last time we had that particular conversation.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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