as in contemplation
long or deep thinking about spiritual matters
the busy executive devotes an hour a day to quiet meditation
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Recent Examples of meditation
To complete the family meditation, Ben Stiller puts his own children, Ella (23) and Quinlin (20), on camera, as well as his wife, Christine Taylor, from whom he was separated for several years (the two reconciled during the pandemic).
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Finding one last meditation on the beauty of Majorca, head to Palma’s western outskirts by car to visit the Fundació Miró Mallorca, a museum on the property where the 20th-century Spanish painter Joan Miró lived and worked during the final years of his life.
—Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Co-directed by filmmaker Toia Bonino and incarcerated Marcos Joubert, Do or Die is a rare, intimate portrait of prison life and a meditation on cinema itself—filmed entirely on a phone behind bars.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Think past life regression meditations, tarot and oracle card readings, and even sessions with psychics.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Finding one last meditation on the beauty of Majorca, head to Palma’s western outskirts by car to visit the Fundació Miró Mallorca, a museum on the property where the 20th-century Spanish painter Joan Miró lived and worked during the final years of his life.
—Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Co-directed by filmmaker Toia Bonino and incarcerated Marcos Joubert, Do or Die is a rare, intimate portrait of prison life and a meditation on cinema itself—filmed entirely on a phone behind bars.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Think past life regression meditations, tarot and oracle card readings, and even sessions with psychics.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meditation
contemplation
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Also, of course, I am handicapped by knowing that this couldn’t be printed in the foreseeable future, and by the fact that contemplation of this material has become painful.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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The exhibitions, abstract by design, are an invitation to contemplation.—
Diana Hubbell,
Saveur,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Meditation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meditation. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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