1
as in contemplates
to give serious and careful thought to
I've been meditating a career change for months
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as in intends
to have in mind as a purpose or goal
had meditated a quick return to work after having the baby, but circumstances changed
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Recent Examples of meditates
Will Harris meditates on The Descent of Alette.
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Literary Hub, 1 Nov. 2025
My partner [Margaret Qualley] meditates and stuff.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Honer spoke with The Tennessean about his latest project, an autobiographical record that meditates on romance, roots and life on the road.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2025
This perfect summer read meditates on grief, expectations, loyalty and wealth.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Leaders Who Train Their Minds Win Just look at Marc Benioff, Salesforce’s billionaire CEO, who sleeps 8 hours a night and meditates an hour a day - or Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, who starts mornings with mindfulness.
—Jason Walker Psyd, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 1 Nov. 2025
My partner [Margaret Qualley] meditates and stuff.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Honer spoke with The Tennessean about his latest project, an autobiographical record that meditates on romance, roots and life on the road.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2025
This perfect summer read meditates on grief, expectations, loyalty and wealth.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Leaders Who Train Their Minds Win Just look at Marc Benioff, Salesforce’s billionaire CEO, who sleeps 8 hours a night and meditates an hour a day - or Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, who starts mornings with mindfulness.
—Jason Walker Psyd, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meditates
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The judge emphasized that the contract contemplates subscribers as simply those who are authorized to obtain programming, including Dish’s free services.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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As Notre Dame contemplates its relationship with the ACC after being left out of the College Football Playoff, head coach Marcus Freeman continues to be linked to openings in the NFL.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Dec. 2025
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The company intends to move away from the low-volume manufacturing typical of the aviation industry.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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OpenAI intends to build and deploy at least 10 gigawatts of AI data centers with Nvidia’s systems.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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Small businesses throughout the Golden State, especially those in rural or underserved communities, are on pins and needles as the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) ponders Verizon’s acquisition of Frontier.—
Javier Palomarez,
Sacbee.com,
19 Dec. 2025
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The difference between these two performances makes the romance even more unbelievable, as the audience ponders what this seemingly confident woman sees in this immature putz.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
15 Dec. 2025
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Auditing two departments Calvo plans to establish a task force to audit Hialeah’s 911 operations, responding tor concerns from dispatchers about understaffing and slow response times.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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Grace plans to use any earnings from Quinn’s sale to cover expenses of his upkeep, such as grain and veterinary bills.—
Jessica Seaman,
Denver Post,
11 Jan. 2026
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Washington Post food critic Elazar Sontag entertains your restaurant questions, rants and raves.—
Elazar Sontag,
Washington Post,
14 Jan. 2026
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The episode delivers the cozy, inviting format fans love, giving viewers a closer look at how the Duchess of Sussex gets creative for the holidays, entertains, and cooks (not to mention what's in her winter wardrobe).—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
8 Dec. 2025
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This first three-dimensional cross-sectional image goes 11 miles) below the crater and shows what appear to be various pools of magma at different depths, with rock or other material between them and more numerous toward the southeast of the crater.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Jan. 2026
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The handy bag goes with just about any outfit and can be dressed down for dog walks or dressed up for dinner out on the town.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Jan. 2026
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Modern medical sociology ultimately considers all societal issues to be health issues.—
Jennifer Singh,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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Anne Enright considers the aesthetics of Zohran Mamdani’s digital campaign.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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Our first alert weather team says this 2025-2026 season is considered to be a La Niña year, and for California, that usually means drier conditions.—
Kayla Moeller,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Thinking globally and acting locally means electing people of vision, not people who couldn't find their way out of a paper bag without a lobbyist lighting their way under the table, or down the wrong path where for-profit companies rule and teachers are scapegoated for society's failures.—
SHELLEY SMITH SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Meditates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meditates. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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