philosophical

variants also philosophic

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Recent Examples of philosophical Co-written by Bentley with Greg Kwedar (the primary creative team behind ‘Sing Sing’), ‘Train Dreams’ thrives on its philosophical inquiries into the earthly randomness of events that make up a life. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025 Non-medical exemptions for vaccines are often for religious, personal or philosophical reasons. David Higgins, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025 Wisdom from on high — and down low Henry is philosophical by nature. Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025 Martin Scorsese has always been an open book, a storyteller who has offered his autobiography freely and an auteur whose deepest philosophical themes have been recurring and explored in bold type. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for philosophical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for philosophical
Adjective
  • The Green Shirt is calm, pragmatic and analytical.
    Jason BARNARD, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Excel performs better with large worksheets and offers a wider range of analytical and statistical tools, including advanced charting.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • On one hand, winning another chip will be at the forefront, so managing players toward the end of the regular season would be logical.
    Stan Son, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • So adding a unit in Nashville was the next logical move.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This season, fluorescent pink, blue and white formed a rational yet romantic palette — a vision of a young schoolgirl poised to step into the real world.
    Denni Hu, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Their work could be a critical step toward the safe and rational decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi plant, and the technology could be applied to nuclear accident sites elsewhere in the world.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Philosophical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philosophical. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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