philosophizing

verb

present participle of philosophize
as in thinking

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  1. thinking
  2. reading
  3. contemplating
  4. rationalizing
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  • Born in 1888, Jim Casey spent his life, starting at the tender age of eleven, thinking about how to deliver things more efficiently.
    — Marc Levinson, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Croix Bethune had been thinking about breaking the National Women’s Soccer League’s single-season record for assists since returning from injury.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of thinking
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  • Tesla has also shown a thruster pressure gauge reading 5,500 PSI, alongside a boost-readiness indicator.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • A lot of Asian American people have this experience of reading in lit courses about predominantly white authors and characters and suddenly there’s Lee, who is remarkably legible as someone inside of his social milieu yet almost a unicorn.
    — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of reading
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  • There were starkly arranged a cappella vocals, wistful singer-songwriter tunes for briskly contemplating the boy from last night, and a dance-floor track once intended for Madonna.
    — Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Members of the public, at recent meetings, though, have raised concerns about traffic and the financial agreements the city is contemplating.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of contemplating
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  • This penchant for rationalizing violence--even deadly violence--extends beyond the murder of Kirk.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The offense was bad Saturday, and there’s no spin or rationalizing the performance.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of rationalizing
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