reflect (on or upon)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reflect (on or upon)
Verb
  • Getty Images Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell stands 6-foot-5 and weighs 265 pounds.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Rather than conjuring a mood of bracing inexorability, this linear focus only suffocates what might be an interesting debate, as a man of the modern world weighs his values against those of a woman raised in atavistic isolation.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Eagle-eyed audiences will ponder the connection between an artist who’s become persona non grata in American culture and Roberts as a professor who is facing accusations and persecution of her own.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Superstar salaries Finally, ponder California occupations where wages exceed $100,000 at the 90th percentile.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Kevin and Auggie, mistaking Chris for their dimension’s Chris, sit down with him for a drink and begin to reminisce.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
  • But why reassemble at least part of the group now, other than to reminisce about old times?
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The interview is one of countless media appearances Salzano has made, protecting and promoting her son's image at the time that officials in the Vatican deliberated on whether to progress the application for his sainthood.
    Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The Washington County Circuit Court jury deliberated more than two hours before finding Jason Jedidiah Lawson guilty in the killing of Benjamin Martin.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This is the first year the county can analyze and present in-depth data on the program, according to a presentation by the DHHS.
    Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Visual arts experts will analyze them to determine if they are related to paintings stolen during World War II, police said.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
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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 8 Sep. 2025.

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