in contemplation
idiom
formal
: being thought about or considered
A lawsuit against the company is in contemplation.
Examples of in contemplation in a Sentence
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Morisot, one of just two women artists in the Première, had several works on display, all of them airy and bright, with a focus on lone women lost in contemplation.
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Emily Labarge, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Better to watch as an exercise in contemplation than storytelling; this is the work of a man pondering life from its endpoint.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
Mary fled home in contemplation of her upcoming wedding to Brandan, while Kimberly settled into her new routine as a homemaker.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
In a film that flirts between reality and fantasy, Bisschop’s favorite scene is when Stanley, on the way to the moon, is upside down in his spacecraft and stares in contemplation at the void beyond, a streak of sunlight across his face.
—Wilson Chapman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2022
According to the Richmond County district attorney's office, the case has been adjourned in contemplation of dismissal, which means the charges will be dropped in six months if the man stays out of trouble.
—CBS News, 21 Sep. 2022
The sequence contains Bisschop’s favorite scene in the film, where Stanley, upside down in his spacecraft, stares in contemplation at the void beyond, a streak of sunlight across his face.
—Wilson Chapman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2022
Busse was joined by thousands of people from around the Washington region, the country and the world who are swarming the Tidal Basin for the National Cherry Blossom Festival, raising cameras, sprawling beneath bowing branches and sitting in contemplation on the basin’s banks.
—Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022
The situation was the same for wine judges, who, more often than not, were men, decked out in their crisp white lab coats, swirling, sniffing, raising their eyebrows in contemplation and perhaps dabbing errant drops of Cabernet Sauvignon from their beards.
—Carey Sweet, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2021
Emily Labarge, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Better to watch as an exercise in contemplation than storytelling; this is the work of a man pondering life from its endpoint.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
Mary fled home in contemplation of her upcoming wedding to Brandan, while Kimberly settled into her new routine as a homemaker.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
In a film that flirts between reality and fantasy, Bisschop’s favorite scene is when Stanley, on the way to the moon, is upside down in his spacecraft and stares in contemplation at the void beyond, a streak of sunlight across his face.
—Wilson Chapman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2022
According to the Richmond County district attorney's office, the case has been adjourned in contemplation of dismissal, which means the charges will be dropped in six months if the man stays out of trouble.
—CBS News, 21 Sep. 2022
The sequence contains Bisschop’s favorite scene in the film, where Stanley, upside down in his spacecraft, stares in contemplation at the void beyond, a streak of sunlight across his face.
—Wilson Chapman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2022
Busse was joined by thousands of people from around the Washington region, the country and the world who are swarming the Tidal Basin for the National Cherry Blossom Festival, raising cameras, sprawling beneath bowing branches and sitting in contemplation on the basin’s banks.
—Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022
The situation was the same for wine judges, who, more often than not, were men, decked out in their crisp white lab coats, swirling, sniffing, raising their eyebrows in contemplation and perhaps dabbing errant drops of Cabernet Sauvignon from their beards.
—Carey Sweet, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2021
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