premeditating

verb

present participle of premeditate
as in contemplating

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  1. contemplating
  2. meditating
  3. intending
  4. aiming
Verb
  • So Dzirasa began contemplating other ways to connect two disparate brain regions.
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Madeleine is beautiful and melancholy, spending hours driving around San Francisco and contemplating a painting that seems to haunt her.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of contemplating
Verb
  • Koon would later be diagnosed with depression, and has since feared meditating again.
    — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are a particularly fertile period for meditating on this condition, then still experienced as striking, not yet normalized.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of meditating
Verb
  • Lane was intending to offer contemporary fiction of the sort published in hardback for 7s 6d at a much lower paperback price.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • But Paltrow and Johnson became close friends, with Paltrow reportedly intending to maintain their bond after the breakup.
    — Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of intending
Verb
  • Luckey is aiming for produce displays, metal parts, magnetic components, and everything else inside the machine domestically.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Risch is also focused on reforming the federal permitting process, aiming to speed up projects such as mineral extraction.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of aiming
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