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adjective

Definition of thinkingnext
as in reasoning
having the ability to reason it's surprising to find thinking people who believe such nonsense

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thinking

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noun

as in meditation

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thinking

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verb

present participle of think
as in believing
to have as an opinion I think we should wait for someone to come help us out

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Recent Examples of thinking
Adjective
Credit Gus Malzahn for being proactive and thinking long-term in choosing his starting quarterback. — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 22 Aug. 2019 The quick-thinking team administrator came up with a solution – flag down a tour bus. — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 25 June 2018
Noun
In the post-Watergate, post-Vietnam era, this thinking went, Congress had gone too far in constraining the executive branch with presumptuous reforms that aimed to secure greater accountability and transparency from the White House. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Shushmita Chauhan got emotional thinking about all their hard work that was shattered in just moments. — Nick Caloway, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
On all [panels and sessions], more or less, there is at least one person who is thinking about and covering AI. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026 Instead of lobbying for the law, Congress should be thinking about reforming, if not repealing, it. — James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for thinking
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinking
  1. rational
  2. meditation
  3. believing
  4. intelligent
  5. contemplation
  6. guessing
  7. reflection
  8. considering
Adjective
  • Her mental health afterward Two forensic psychiatrists testified Monday that Clancy appeared clear-headed and rational in the days after the killings.
    — Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Employers must move beyond resilience training, creating transparent, equitable workplaces where effort is rewarded and mistakes are tolerated, ensuring ambition remains a rational choice for diverse talent.
    — Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of rational
Noun
  • His research has included brain scans of people in prayer, meditation, rituals, and trance states, as well as surveys of people's spiritual experiences and attitudes.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Watching that number climb (474 straight days of meditation, as of this week) is genuinely for me.
    — Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of meditation
Verb
  • That run came on top of a franchise-record tying 15-game winning streak in July, fueling a dramatic turnaround that has fans believing the magic is back at the old ballpark.
    — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • But some Americans are susceptible to believing it, particularly those who came of age during the Cold War, when communism was shorthand for our gravest national threat.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of believing
Adjective
  • Deploying renewables paired with intelligent energy conservation and grid management, individuals, businesses, municipalities, and entire countries are earnestly curbing their CO2 emissions.
    — John Vaillant, Time, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Factories, shipyards and warehouses are becoming intelligent.
    — Ariyan Kabir, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of intelligent
Noun
  • The process of filming and editing became one of observation, contemplation and confrontation.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The gallery, which connects the Apollo Rotunda and the Salon Carré, will serve as a space for strolling and contemplation within the museum, according to the release.
    — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Definition of contemplation
Verb
  • The bot loses a point for losing to me and another for guessing in five!
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The notion of luck is seemingly an ill fit for his new home state, where fortunes were made by guessing where to drill a hole into the ground in search of oil.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of guessing
Noun
  • From there, our efforts to cybernetically steer the course of the world through imagistic reflection—via this mirror equipped with special eyelike features that is the computer screen—turn paradoxical.
    — Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026
  • By contrast, Murphy fashions the moment into a statement on trauma, with Bret’s reflections about his youthful naïveté mirroring some of the language of the #MeToo movement.
    — Leo Lasdun, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of reflection
Verb
  • The two weren’t mentioned in the announcement, or in the royal family’s congratulatory post, and the entire British royal family has gone out of its way to separate itself from Andrew and Fergie, considering their recent scandals.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Focusing only on what goes out the door — without considering what came in — paints an incomplete picture.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
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