philosophizes

present tense third-person singular of philosophize

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Verb
  • Porter thinks airport lounges can be part of what’s offered to travelers, and won’t go away.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The 75-year-old daughter of Sam Walton, the late Walmart founder who turned a five-and-dime store in rural Arkansas into the world’s largest company by revenue, thinks the US is very close to that breaking point.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Not everyone contemplates the cosmos, but star sign beliefs may lead us to choose our romantic partner or judge our existing partner’s motives and intentions, based on what their horoscope says.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • On Christmas Eve, facing financial ruin and disillusionment, George contemplates taking his life.
    JOHN DEALBREUIN Wealth of Geeks, Boston Herald, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Payam Zamani’s story reads like the American dream—one that begins with his escape from religious persecution in Iran as a teenager and culminates, years later, with ringing the bell at NASDAQ.
    Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Powers shares details with us and reads from one of his favorite pieces – a description of Corben’s Men of War.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Their body clearly interprets your presence as an unmistakable signal of safety and security.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Each smartlet interprets signals with logic programmed on its microchip.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
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