Noun
Form your own opinions: don't let others do your thinking for you!
I've been doing some thinking about this, and I don't think you're right after all.
The school's curriculum encourages independent thinking.
A piece of quick thinking got us out of trouble.
I'd like to know your thinking on this.
What is the current thinking on the subject? Adjective
Chess is a thinking man's game.
it's surprising to find thinking people who believe such nonsense
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Noun
Repeating this exercise frequently under different scenarios gets people psychologically geared to detect change, adjust their thinking, and act.—Ram Charan, Fortune, 7 May 2024 An official familiar with Israeli thinking said Israeli officials were examining the proposal, but the plan approved by Hamas was not the framework Israel proposed.—Sam Mednick, TIME, 6 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for thinking
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