reflect (on or upon)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reflect (on or upon)
Verb
  • Even they, Song argues, engaged in courtship activities, weighing the merits of their paramours against the needs of the real world.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 June 2025
  • Travis Decker description Police described Travis Decker as a white man with black hair and brown eyes, standing 5'8'', and weighing 190 pounds.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 7 June 2025
Verb
  • Tyler Dragon ponders if Rodgers actually makes the Steelers better.
    Jim Reineking, USA Today, 7 June 2025
  • Tatis pondered the question of whether being hit has affected his hitting in any way.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
Verb
  • On May 31, the actors took the stage at a packed Paramount Theatre and reminisced about their days filming seven seasons of the drama centered on a New York advertising agency in the 1960s.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 2 June 2025
  • And as officials work to determine what caused the blaze, area residents are reminiscing.
    Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2025
Verb
  • The jury deliberated for just four hours, according to the Los Angeles Times, and voted to convict Girardi on four counts of federal wire fraud.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 4 June 2025
  • When the trial ended, the jury deliberated for about five hours over a two-day span and convicted Patron of intentional killing while engaged in drug trafficking, hostage taking resulting in death and conspiracy to take hostages resulting in death.
    Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 2 June 2025
Verb
  • When something doesn’t work, don’t punish the misstep—analyze the inputs, refine the process, and reuse the insight.
    Brent Gleeson, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
  • Wilson said the cost of deferred infrastructure maintenance in La Jolla would be substantial, though it hadn’t been analyzed yet.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 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 16 Jun. 2025.

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