as in to believe
to have as an opinion
I think we should wait for someone to come help us out
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as in to contemplate
to give serious and careful thought to
I'll have to think over everything you've said before deciding what to do
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as in to remember
to bring back to mind
that postcard from Florida makes me think of all the fun we used to have there as kids
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as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
the marketing department is trying to think up better ways to pitch our product to younger consumers
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as in genius
a very smart person
many of our most renowned thinkers gathered for the symposium
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as in mind
the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons
loves crossword puzzles, bridge, and other pastimes that makes her use the old thinker
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Recent Examples of think
Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
Jeff Gluck thinks the sport will be better for it.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 25 Dec. 2025
The biggest barrier to educating informed critical thinkers isn’t the culture wars.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
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Martin has been thinking about Strava as a business that reaches across generations.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
Jeff Gluck thinks the sport will be better for it.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
The story of astronomy begins not with satellites or space probes, but with ancient thinkers who dared to look up and wonder.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 25 Dec. 2025
The biggest barrier to educating informed critical thinkers isn’t the culture wars.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for think
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Michael Malone, during his Nuggets days, was a genius at creating enemies, of underlining slights that may or may not have ever been real.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
13 Jan. 2026
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There’s even a Radiohead art-rock mantra that seems to come directly from Kelson’s mad-genius mind.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
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Food prices have been top of mind following a year of up and down tariffs and people losing SNAP benefits during the government shutdown amid growing economic concerns.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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The shooting at Brown University and the deaths of two students that resulted will remain seared into the minds of Rhode Islanders for some time.—
Will Richmond,
The Providence Journal,
12 Jan. 2026
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Who were the ad wizards who came up with that one?—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2026
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This wizard doesn’t even use a curtain.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
3 Jan. 2026
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The case was delayed while Thompson recovered from a gunshot wound that Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman has said was self-inflicted before his arrest, an injury his attorneys contend caused significant brain damage.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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With a digital brain, the enterprise stops treating context as scattered exhaust and starts treating it as compounding advantage.—
Sanjay Srivastava,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The persecution of Trotsky and the Moscow Trials, which caused a rift in the American left, revealed the weakness of Cowley’s party-line political thinking, just as all his other work demonstrated the scope of his literary intellect.—
Vince Passaro,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Mister Terrific emerges as one of Superman’s smartest anchors, threading intellect through a story preoccupied with power, trust, and what the world expects its heroes to be.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
30 Dec. 2025
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And Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, was built to pull your psyche deep down underneath the ocean waves.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
13 Jan. 2026
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January pulls you into the depths of your psyche and beneath the surface of love, asking you to slow down long enough to feel something real.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell, a co-defendant in Cook’s case, has chosen to attend the oral arguments along with the Fed’s head lawyer, in what experts describe as an unusual show of support.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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Seven Western Conference reserves are yet to be named — they’ll be voted on by head coaches — and Murray is considered likely to take one of those spots.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
21 Jan. 2026
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Despite millennia of domestication for productivity, livestock have been almost entirely excluded from discussions of animal intelligence, according to the study.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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In real life, this means that the system connects to booking systems, demand forecasting tools, and competitive intelligence platforms, creating a feedback loop that learns from every transaction.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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