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premeditating

verb

present participle of premeditate

as in contemplating

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Now, under new ownership, organizers are contemplating future growth that could involve perhaps 20,000 participants, more visitors from outside North Carolina and a place among the country’s premier destination races.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2026
The novel begins with Percheron contemplating news of Field’s death, and proceeds to trace their youths, including their meeting, in 1807, when Field is humbled by Percheron’s virtuosity on the piano.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

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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

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Fernández hadn’t entered the night intending to make Wolf a central figure.

— C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2026
The extensive federal regulations around the program have been in place for decades, and the J-1 visa is considered a non-immigrant visa for those intending to stay in the country temporarily.

— Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Nov. 2026

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Another segment that the company is aiming to make its mark in is the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft batteries.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
The capsule served as an opportunity to work toward Nader’s goal of broadening her role in the fashion industry beyond modeling, aiming to become more involved in the creative and design processes.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026

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