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premeditates

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present tense third-person singular of premeditate

as in contemplates

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Neither yet contemplates an agent that delegates to another agent at four in the morning.

— Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
The series contemplates topics like shady lending practices by financial institutions — something that will resonate deeply with today’s economy — and the ethics of placing oneself in a news story.

— Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

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California traditionally has boom and bust budget cycles due to the strong influence that the stock market has on state tax revenue.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Regardless of the success Memphis has on the ground, TCU senior center Jaheim Buchanon said Arkansas State has a formidable defensive line.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2026

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Francis Ford Coppola meditates on the question of who is watching the watchmen in The Conversation, a neo-noir mystery thriller about the human side of surveillance.

— Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
At other times, the music meditates on an image — there’s a tribute to Sylvia Plath, another famous McLean patient — that’s beautiful on its own but dramatically inert.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 June 2026

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They’re rooted in a time and place that feels all too real, and this allows the monsters to parade their primitive might in a way that means something.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
If true, this means the nation is now capable of continuing to extend the lifespan of valuable spacecraft in space.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026

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SpaceX intends to phase out its Falcon 9 rockets and Dragon capsules in another few years and focus on its newer, larger Starship, which reached orbit for the first time Monday.

— Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
McDuffie intends to showcase his own against a Broncos team that features quarterback Bo Nix operating coach Sean Payton’s offense.

— Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026

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The project also aims to conduct its first operation combining robots and drones within its first year, with the different systems communicating through software and algorithms.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
Established in 2015, the EAFF aims to help people with amputations or limb defects gain access to amputee soccer throughout Europe.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

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