: 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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Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Such ideas appear to have fueled some of the more apocalyptic currents on the Trumpist right, such as Peter Thiel’s musings on the anti-Christ and the ravings of Dan Bongino, the former deputy director of the FBI, who has said that demons are real.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
But that has changed in the past century or so as the philosophers’ musings have wandered into the realm of theory, experiment and data.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 10 Feb. 2026
Take a stroll down memory lane as Mercury enters Pisces, but avoid melodramatic musings.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
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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
Such ideas appear to have fueled some of the more apocalyptic currents on the Trumpist right, such as Peter Thiel’s musings on the anti-Christ and the ravings of Dan Bongino, the former deputy director of the FBI, who has said that demons are real.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
But that has changed in the past century or so as the philosophers’ musings have wandered into the realm of theory, experiment and data.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 10 Feb. 2026
Take a stroll down memory lane as Mercury enters Pisces, but avoid melodramatic musings.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 6 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 25 Feb. 2026.
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