dwell (on)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dwell (on)
Verb
  • Once the news of her pending nuptials to ex-professional snowboarder Shaun White hit, inquiring minds were quick to ponder what her bridal beauty prep and wedding makeup looks might entail.
    Jessica Ourisman, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Exploring themes of empty consumerism, social isolation, and toxic masculinity before that phrase entered the cultural lexicon, American Psycho gives the audience a lot to ponder in addition to operating as an entertaining horror film.
    Johnny Loftus, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Nader has dismissed her insight completely, triggering a grimy investigation montage of exercise, combing through files, thinking while brooding in the company of coffee, cigarettes, and an old car door propped up on a chain-link fence for target practice.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Where Rick spent all of Season Three brooding over his dead father and seeking revenge, Hamm’s RFK Jr. obsessed over removing fluoride from the drinking water and nearly eats a monkey.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Dwell (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dwell%20%28on%29. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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