reflect (on or upon)

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Verb
  • The state’s highest court, the SJC, heard arguments in a community lawsuit filed by the Defenders and Emerald Necklace Conservancy earlier this month, and is weighing its claim that the project’s professional soccer use would illegally privatize public parkland.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
  • At the time of the sale, the Running Point writers room happened to be in the middle of breaking a season two episode where the Gordon family weighs the ramifications if one of them, or their spouse, were to sell their shares in the team.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The medical drama's season 2 finale ended on a cliffhanger Thursday, April 16, with Wyle's character pondering a three-month sabbatical and a motorcycle ride across the country.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The philosopher Biggie Smalls once pondered the nature of dangerously escalating rivalries.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Current and former campers, educators and camp staff are invited to explore the camp and reminisce about their days at Walden West.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The in-person celebrations offered a rare opportunity for fans around the country to reunite and reminisce over their childhood love for the show, which aired before social media was a prominent part of people’s everyday lives.
    Angela Yang, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • This evidences deliberate indifference to foreseeable violence.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 20 Apr. 2026
  • After six days of testimony and evidence, the jury deliberated for less than two hours before coming back with the verdict.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Celonis analyzed the 5,000 delivery runs a day the brewery was executing, worked out how to make the runs more efficient, and reduced the number of journeys by 17%.
    Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Reflect (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reflect%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.

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