: 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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Now Republicans want to turn years of candid on-camera musings against him.
—Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
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
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“Musing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/musing. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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