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Noun
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The event will feature an in-gallery tour, meditations, conversation and a reception.—
La Jolla Light,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026 -
Those two films are commonly described as meditations on the futility of violence in a world where justice takes the form of endless attacks and reprisals.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Internal memos between the justices in 2016 published by The New York Times have created a firestorm around an institution that takes extraordinary measures to keep its contemplations confidential.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Whether set in Jewish eastern Europe or New York’s Lower East Side, Shtok’s range is on full display, from gossipy melodramas and elegiac reveries to coming of age portraits of shtetl adolescents and immigrant hustlers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Burnett was content to mine references from her own Depression-era youth; her famous maid character, the Charwoman, who became something of a show mascot, harked back to Chaplin’s Little Tramp, wearing a rumpled outfit and performing silent reveries.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Musings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musings. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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