philosophizing

present participle of philosophize

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Verb
  • He is known as a good, low-maintenance type and someone who spends time thinking about his own game.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Homicidal ideation involves thinking about or considering harming or killing other people.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Keep reading for more Quince packing essentials from $40.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Another memorable station in my suspicious/contrarian reading life, but minus points for the nightmares.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even the upside-down notion of Fox News turning into a progressive network or other legacy Murdoch assets being transformed seemed to be scenarios worth contemplating.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The film’s title carries particular significance for Yoon, who has been contemplating it for 15 years.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This entails the messy but necessary work of (finally) consolidating and rationalizing your tech portfolio to weed out duplicative or unneeded systems and applications.
    Forrester, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Philosophizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philosophizing. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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