: meditation
My musings and writings on this issue do not come from the groves of academe.—
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he was clearly in a musing mood, and did not feel like talking just then
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Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent years have seen the Russian leader increasingly indulge in ahistorical musings on Russian history, its pantheon of imperial heroes and his own potential place among them.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
My grandmother, who was the only literate one in our family, would write strange musings.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2026
Woodcutters sets forth the musings of a narrator sitting in an armchair at a dinner party who excoriates the literary awards establishments of his native land (and by extension all lands that are host to a robust bourgeoisie).
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
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Noun
At play behind the president’s public Cuba musings is something big and personal, administration officials and Trump confidants told me.
—Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent years have seen the Russian leader increasingly indulge in ahistorical musings on Russian history, its pantheon of imperial heroes and his own potential place among them.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
My grandmother, who was the only literate one in our family, would write strange musings.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2026
Woodcutters sets forth the musings of a narrator sitting in an armchair at a dinner party who excoriates the literary awards establishments of his native land (and by extension all lands that are host to a robust bourgeoisie).
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 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 7 Mar. 2026.
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