: meditation
My musings and writings on this issue do not come from the groves of academe.—
Herbert S. White
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he was clearly in a musing mood, and did not feel like talking just then
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Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
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Let its cultural movement, art and history inspire you, and your musings.
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Noun
These are not rhetorical musings.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Both of them — as well as the alternating Bob Dylan and Tom Petty cosplay of Ozark crooner Jesse Welles’s Middle — must contend with a 92-year-old national treasure’s musing on mortality.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
The Trail Report is a weekly newsletter from reporter Maura Fox, sharing her latest hikes, plus other news, musings and more about San Diego County’s outdoors.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Let its cultural movement, art and history inspire you, and your musings.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for musing
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“Musing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/musing. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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