as in poet
a person who writes poetry
where is the muse who will sing of this man's great and noble deeds?
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as in to ruminate
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Recent Examples of muse
Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
The city as a muse Even comics created by artists outside New York City – like Ohio natives and Superman co-creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster – are, by virtue of their content, still in many ways New York comics.
—Miriam Eve Mora, The Conversation, 7 May 2026
Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2025
Taken one at a time, the deployments can seem random or fickle — Trump will often muse about sending troops into a city, only to back track his comments and focus on a different city days later.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
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Noun
After the closure was announced, every single late-night-show host paid their respects to an accidental muse of Americana.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
The city as a muse Even comics created by artists outside New York City – like Ohio natives and Superman co-creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster – are, by virtue of their content, still in many ways New York comics.
—Miriam Eve Mora, The Conversation, 7 May 2026
Verb
When EviDenS de Beauté launched 20 years ago, founder Charles-Edouard Barthes started the brand as a love letter to his wife and muse Eriko Nakamura.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2025
Taken one at a time, the deployments can seem random or fickle — Trump will often muse about sending troops into a city, only to back track his comments and focus on a different city days later.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muse
Noun
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The grant winners are determined annually via a nomination process, with a rotating jury of LGBTQIA+ artists, poets, and musicians meeting three times in the span of several months.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
7 May 2026
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Myles is, of course, a dog poet—even before Rosie (of Afterglow fame) or Honey or, most recently, little Charley.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
Verb
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Marin directed some of his ire at Esalen, the epicenter of the Human Potential Movement and the playground, its critics scoffed, of those privileged enough to spend their days ruminating over the self.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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Ricky Gervais will be in attendance to give a masterclass as creator and director of Netflix’s Alley Cats, the adult animation following a group of feral cats who seek companionship while ruminating on everyday life, accompanied by a sneak peek of the first two episodes.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Gangsta rap’s effectiveness as a prosecutorial tool, like the minstrel shows before it, depends on audiences mistaking caricature for authenticity, and hinges on hearing artistic expression as documentary evidence of criminal actions.—
A.D. Carson,
The Conversation,
6 May 2026
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The Black characters that appeared on-screen closely resembled the clownish stereotypes popularized by the minstrels.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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EBay’s board is now pondering GameStop’s offer.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
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The sequence left us pondering our pet cats and, for good measure, our worst selves.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Beyond the standard anxieties of releasing her work to the public, Kang meditates on the act of transmission that occurs in the very articulation of a person’s spirit through words.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
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That Kobe Bryant took at least 15 minutes every day to meditate.—
Elise Devlin,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Her organs shift while contemplating policy.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
10 May 2026
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Imagine, for a moment, if former Vice President Kamala Harris had jumped into the governor’s race, as contemplated.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
Verb
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Luxury brands’ frustration with e-commerce reflects a broader trend in China.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
11 May 2026
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To tackle those challenges, Kassas and his colleagues use Doppler measurements of signal frequency changes that reflect satellite motions relative to the receiver, along with software algorithms to correct for timing errors.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
11 May 2026
Verb
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Micron is projecting an 81% gross margin, and SanDisk an 82% margin.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
10 May 2026
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Meanwhile, the Legislative Analyst’s Office, in a new report, projects that the two million Californians who lack health insurance will likely double by 2030 due to federal and state cutbacks.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
9 May 2026
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“Muse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muse. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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