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Recent Examples of philosophize
The less curious instantiations, which present the leaders’ hectoring and philosophizing at length, can start to feel misguided.
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Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
Pushing and prodding Cornwell to probe the nature of fiction and truth, to philosophize about deception, Morris runs up against disappointment: Cornwell is out of his element there.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2023
Willem Dafoe is an energized acting coach, Liev Schrieber and Hope Davis are disgruntled parents, and of course, Jeff Goldblum appears for roughly two seconds, partially dressed in an alien costume, philosophizing about his role as a speechless alien.
—Joshua Medintz, The Enquirer, 28 June 2023
Unafraid of melodrama and camp, the play raged and philosophized with operatic wit and pathos.
—June Thomas, New York Times, 16 June 2023
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Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
Pushing and prodding Cornwell to probe the nature of fiction and truth, to philosophize about deception, Morris runs up against disappointment: Cornwell is out of his element there.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2023
Willem Dafoe is an energized acting coach, Liev Schrieber and Hope Davis are disgruntled parents, and of course, Jeff Goldblum appears for roughly two seconds, partially dressed in an alien costume, philosophizing about his role as a speechless alien.
—Joshua Medintz, The Enquirer, 28 June 2023
Unafraid of melodrama and camp, the play raged and philosophized with operatic wit and pathos.
—June Thomas, New York Times, 16 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for philosophize
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Here’s a look at the cast, then and now Maggie (Missy Peregrym) and Isobel, who was initially thought dead in the explosion that killed Reynolds, both overhear Keene plotting with another Forefront mole, Special Agent Wabash.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
21 May 2025
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Later that year, he was thought to have left Iran for the first time in 14 years.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
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But nobody within the club is contemplating that possibility.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Tessa's contemplating a major move for her career while her estranged addict father forces his way back into her life.—
Megan Vick,
EW.com,
17 May 2025
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And with that creative thinking comes questioning everything and rationalizing why things are done the way they are done.—
Maria Ross,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Trying to rationalize something with a teenager is different than trying to rationalize something with one of his cohorts.—
Ashley Boucher,
EW.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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The emergence of multimodal LLMs, which can interpret speech, images, video and text, is opening up a new class of cross-functional, intelligent workflows.—
Umair Javed,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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And in February, the State Department removed a statement about not supporting Taiwan’s independence from its website—a deletion that China interpreted as provocative.—
Oriana Skylar Mastro,
Foreign Affairs,
20 May 2025
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The founding team actively reads customer reviews, emails, and support requests to guide product development.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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After some patter from the hype man, Greg Gutfeld came out and read MAGA-dad jokes off a teleprompter, and teed up his four guests: a comedian named Michael Loftus, the anarchist troll Michael Malice, the former MTV v.j. Kennedy, and Cobb, who wore a Chicago Blackhawks hockey jersey.—
Nick Paumgarten,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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This material is for illustration and discussion purposes and not intended to be, nor construed as, financial, legal, tax or investment advice.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
12 May 2025
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Historically, the use of scientific consensus as a method of understanding scientific postures has been relatively popular and construed as the standard way of doing things.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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“Philosophize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philosophize. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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