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think (about or over)

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verb (2)

think (of)

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verb (3)

think (up)

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verb (4)

thinker

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noun

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of think
Verb
The Browns must think otherwise to be taking him with a top 100 pick, but this one is hard to explain. Zac Jackson, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025 Researchers once thought this ability was unique to humans. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025 Rather than designs being printed by ink, all options are made by gel following the same standard process of any pro manicure (think: base coat, color gel polish, design, top coat). Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2025 Now a few researchers think a form of two-way communication with dolphins could be on the horizon. Melissa Hobson, Scientific American, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for think
Recent Examples of Synonyms for think
Noun
  • The driving force behind college pricing is not some evil genius at Harvard or Penn.
    Ron Lieber, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • Joseph Phelps Vineyards Joseph Phelps was an agricultural visionary, construction genius and excellence seeker who founded his namesake wine brand in the early 1970s.
    Katie Sweeney, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Trust in Trump’s economy slips, new poll finds Many Americans voted with their wallets front of mind during the 2024 presidential election.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Concerns about such performance reviews were also top of mind at the conference.
    Jeanne Meister, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Not long after addressing Harry Potter fans’ concerns that an American actor will play the British wizard Albus Dumbledore, John Lithgow is turning to a different criticism of his casting in HBO‘s Potter series: backlash over boarding a project exec-produced by J.K. Rowling.
    Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Chris recruits Brax to help as well as a room of brilliant computer wizards led by Justine, Chris' partner with nonverbal autism who communicates via a British computer voice.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Examination of the brain showed microscopic findings of advanced stage Alzheimer's disease.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez , Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
  • The fact that the doomed king and his armed guards need to escape through a secret passage that just so happens to cut through my jail cell seems a little too convenient for my brain to accept without warning sirens going off.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • For example, business writers, consider copywriter guru Herschell Gordon Lewis’s insight: Emotion outsells intellect.
    Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Sufi stories rely on metaphor, rhythm, repetition, and lyricism, to penetrate not just the cerebral intellect but the intellect of the heart.
    Sonya Rehman, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But scarcity is a side effect of the psyche damage of marginalization.
    Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • Thunderbolts immediately draws viewers into the innermost parts of each character’s psyche and reveals that each one, despite their physical strength, is struggling with serious interpersonal issues.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Now, Maineri heads into year 12 with 18 pitchers on his roster, hoping that rising junior Caleb Gilbert and sophomore-to-be Zach Hess will emerge at the top of the pitching rotation.
    John Roach, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017
  • Cal Fire representatives said the current parking mess has already impacted them because the driveway to their station enters the highway not far from the trail head.
    J. Harry Jones, Ramona Sentinel, 19 July 2017
Noun
  • Roughly 600 North Korean troops have been killed fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine, South Korean lawmakers said on Wednesday, citing the country's intelligence agency.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • For example, digital intelligence can infer customer perceptions through non-survey channels such as online interactions.
    Forrester, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025

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