as in reasoning
having the ability to reason
it's surprising to find thinking people who believe such nonsense
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as in meditation
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as in believing
to have as an opinion
I think we should wait for someone to come help us out
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Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2017
These moments suggest a thinking failure of his own: a failure to examine the inapt moral equivalences and disguised elitism inherent in his brand of provocation.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2017
Tricia Escobedo, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
Guralnik also shared a list of books that have shaped her thinking about the ways our deepest emotions can be formed by public life.
—The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Sometimes surgeries require more thinking beforehand.
—Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2017
These moments suggest a thinking failure of his own: a failure to examine the inapt moral equivalences and disguised elitism inherent in his brand of provocation.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2017
Noun
Quick thinking: Bus passengers quickly jumped into action after noticing their driver was having trouble.
—Tricia Escobedo, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
Guralnik also shared a list of books that have shaped her thinking about the ways our deepest emotions can be formed by public life.
—The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Thinking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinking. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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