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
  • In her conversation with Interview, Peters pondered whether the next Great American Novelist could be trans.
    Grace Byron, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Here are some points to ponder over based on the insights from this emerging research.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Six years later, Bowlan can reminisce about it all.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Over breakfast Wednesday at Fox & Goose Public House, seven of the former lawmakers reunited to reminisce and trade war stories about working with — or against — legendary California politicians Willie Brown, John Burton, and others.
    Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 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
  • Once considered a cornerstone of learning, the ability to analyze, evaluate, and discern information has been replaced by an overreliance on quick answers.
    Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • 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, 10 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 12 Sep. 2025.

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