premeditating

present participle of premeditate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for premeditating
Verb
  • I'mPhaedra Trethan, back after a couple of college visits with my teenager, and contemplating this story over my coffee.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Why did Tara spend hundreds of days contemplating Thomas, hair styles, loneliness?
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • During the 2023 offseason, Walker started meditating at the recommendation of former Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander, an avid meditator himself.
    Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The show ends with Tom looking out the window at his garden, perhaps meditating on the nature of redemption.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After the death of his addict father, Ethan heads back to see if there’s any money to be made from selling his home, intending to stay, only briefly, with his aunt Sarah, Metcalf’s character, a Brunhilde of the high prairie.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Combs’ lawyers filed a two-page court document on Monday, October 20 intending to appeal his conviction.
    Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The team plans to utilize their new experimental platform to investigate other twisted 2D materials, aiming to identify new candidates for future technologies.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Tapestry laid out its new strategic vision in September, aiming to build Coach to a $10 billion business by widening the definition of its target audience and essentially going after everybody who might conceivably buy a handbag, not just the people who bought one last year.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Premeditating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premeditating. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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