REFLECT (ON OR UPON) Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

reflect (on or upon)

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Definition of reflect (on or upon)

as in to muse (upon)

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The city’s zoning administrator is now weighing whether to revoke the operator’s permit.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Appointments to these boards generally happen in the beginning of each calendar year and are at the discretion of the Sacramento mayor who weighs councilmember preferences and workload.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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It might be pondered, for example, by people who love pets, consider the ethics of eating meat, or worry about the biosphere.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026
For more than a year, industry stakeholders in Georgia and the rest of the country have pondered how public policy could help jolt the film industry in the United States.

— Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of ponder

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Then watch Harold’s brothers reminisce about their childhood and remember their caring big brother.

— Dateline NBC, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2026
Eugene Levy, Martin Short, Jayne Eastwood and others reminisce about the 1972 Toronto production of the musical Godspell, where Short, Levy, Gilda Radner, Victor Garber, Paul Shaffer and other entertainment icons got their start.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

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Mid-market carve-outs rarely command a TSA long enough to deliberate, so the real skill is collecting and disseminating the supporting information quickly enough that leadership can make sound choices in rapid succession.

— Miki Kapoor, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Jurors continued deliberating on whether Martin and Payton were guilty of second-degree murder or voluntary manslaughter in the deaths of Martinez, Alexander and Davis, or if the men acted in self-defense.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of deliberate

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For each gene, the catalogue would ideally include its technical complexity, which methods can reliably analyze it, and document when a specialized test is required.

— Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
Signals intelligence is the field of collecting, intercepting and analyzing electronic signals to support defense, communications and emergency response.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

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