meditation

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med·i·ta·tion | \ ˌme-də-ˈtā-shən

Definition of meditation

1 : a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation

2 : the act or process of meditating the meditation out of which this novel has come— Granville Hicks

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She spent the morning in meditation. Daily meditation helps clear his mind.

Recent Examples on the Web His primary fashion-world work of 2020, Veil Flag, was a meditation on the multiple meanings held within the idea of the American Flag. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2021 Not merely scary, this series is also a beautiful meditation on grief, faith, addiction and death, and the performances will stay with you long after. — Therese Odell, Chron, 19 Oct. 2021 Recorded over the course of the last year in Los Angeles, the album is a rich and infectious meditation on working through it on your own terms. — Aly Comingore, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2021 His version of the song was even slower and dreamier: a meditation that allowed Buckley’s voice to soar into the heavens. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2021 The song is a meditation on making it through moments of darkness with grace, and both artists have a way of floating above worldly concerns. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2021 Her piece is a meditation on intention and guilt; grief and fear; life and loss. — Longreads, 26 Sep. 2021 Living Autobiography series is an intimate meditation on home, writing and womanhood. — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2021 But there’s a certain O. Henry irony to the situation, insofar as the show, like its predecessor, is a meditation on how readily abuse can disguise itself with prestige trappings. — Anthony Lan, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2021

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