muse (over)

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ponder
Verb
  • Song broke out with her 2023 drama Past Lives, which follows a woman from Seoul, South Korea, who ponders her relationship with a childhood friend in the decades after her family immigrates to Canada and marries an American man in New York City.
    Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • These are all questions to ponder when evaluating expertise as a leader.
    Barbara Puszkiewicz-Cimino, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Muse (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muse%20%28over%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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