PORED (OVER) Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

pored (over)

verb

past tense of pore (over)

as in contemplated

to give serious and careful thought to the committee will probably pore over the results of the study for a long time before making their decision

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as in read

to go over and mentally take in the content of he pored over the textbook for hours in preparation for the test

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Same exposure, two doors, and many agreements in force today never contemplated either one.

— Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Hebrew has been contemplated with some envy by campaigners in other societies.

— Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Definition of contemplated

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SerpApi’s right to defend open web, expert says Beyond its own customers, people invested in the open web have also pondered what the impact of a Google win could be, SerpApi suggested.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
McElwee has often pondered the downside of essentially treating himself like a human camera, observing the world rather than fully engaging in it.

— Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

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Anthropic also purchased millions of print copies in bulk, stripped the books’ bindings and made scanned digital copies that were used to train Claude.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
The Addiction Hiding Behind ‘Getting Even’ Neuroscientists have scanned the brains of people who experience a grievance and then have a chance at payback.

— Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of scanned

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In Homer’s Odyssey, xenia was upheld by the king of the Phaeacians, Alcinous, who entertained the shipwrecked Odysseus and provided him with comforts as well as a ship in which to sail home to Ithaca.

— Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026
These clips will keep kids entertained and maybe even teach them something.

— Anna Halkidis, Parents, 17 July 2026

Definition of entertained

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Wang, a graduate of Peking University, studied her masters degree in France before receiving her PhD from MIT in 2019.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Wu, who studied the Walled City’s architecture in school, calls the setting a rare chance to build a mainstream action franchise around a genuinely singular piece of Hong Kong urban history.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 July 2026

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