to think

phrase

—used to express surprise or shock
To think (that) he lied to you!
To think, all we needed to do was to wait a few more days.

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There was a reversion to the mean a few months into the season, so there isn’t any reason to think Bichette won’t be able to build on that next season. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2026 These people eventually were able to think outside opposing viewpoints. — Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026 Researchers are eager to think beyond single molecules or settings and instead investigate complex networks and systems made of many molecules. — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 12 Nov. 2026 However, senior author Henrik Munch Roager, the Associate Professor and Research Group Leader at the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, believes there is good reason to think coffee plays a key role. — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for to think

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“To think.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20think. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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