Thesaurus results for MULLING

mulling

verb

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present participle of mull

as in grinding

to reduce to fine particles the dentist was in the habit of mulling the mercury amalgam in the palm of his hand

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Recent Examples of mulling Japan has recently taken steps to expand its defense posture, including lifting its ban on lethal arms exports and mulling changes to Article 9 of its constitution, which renounces war and the maintenance of armed forces. —

Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 31 May 2026 Richer economies like those in Europe are mulling building fertilizer stockpiles, reducing duties on imports, and onshoring production, but poorer ones have limited room to adapt. —

semafor.com, 29 May 2026 Disappointed by the abrupt end at WGN, Lewis had nonetheless been mulling a new career path for the better part of a year amid broader industry contractions. —

Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026 New York lawmakers are mulling a three-year moratorium on permits for new high-energy data centers, essentially telling residents that data centers are the problem. —

Iulia Lupse, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2026 Thus Director Park will likely be mulling over the sprawling monster sci-fi Hope, by his countryman Na Hong-Jin, and possibly Léa Mysius’s thriller-romp The Birthday Party, which contains a lot of Park’s trademark black humor. —

Damon Wise, Deadline, 23 May 2026 Imagine if all those undecided students who are mulling over taking computer science were to suddenly gravitate to the philosophy realm. —

Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026 Now, how to get the Chalamets of the world to give it a second chance is a whole other question the Glyndebourne festival is mulling over. —

Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 13 May 2026 Israel's place in the contest has become contentious as outrage over the carnage in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Iran has grown from Rome to Madrid with massive popular protests and European Union politicians mulling new sanctions. —

ABC News, 13 May 2026

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Nine crucial years of expansion and solidification of the pernicious institution went by, speeding the nation’s road toward a grinding war.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
After more than four years, Russia’s full-scale invasion has morphed into a grinding war of attrition where soldiers are being killed en masse, financial losses are piling up and Kyiv has started to liberate more land than Moscow has seized.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 June 2026