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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
The smartest approach is to use your cap table thinking and diversify. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Investors will look for greater clarity into policymakers' thinking behind Wednesday's unanimous vote for an interest rate hike. — Justina Lee,sarah Min, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
And the handcrafted, surreal warmth of Henson’s puppets and Muppets is a useful touchpoint when thinking about what the future of robots, literally, can look like. — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026 Five to six years ago, certainly, people were not thinking about agentic AI systems that can plan and complete multi-step tasks with little to no human intervention. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Sep. 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
  • Clearly, the most mutually beneficial option is for neither rational actor to talk.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Elliptic curves of rank 0, for example, have only a finite number of rational points.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of rational
Noun
  • After a brief walk, attendees will engage in mindful movements and meditation with yoga instructor Jared Fedota from YogaSix studio in Geneva, organizers said.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Her latest book is an ode to the artist Eva Hesse — and a pulsing meditation on identity.
    — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of meditation
Verb
  • Rather than replace Diaz with Bradley Barcola, Hughes and then-head coach Arne Slot prioritised other areas of the team, believing Cody Gakpo would step forward.
    — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Too many Black women leave childbirth feeling unheard, and many doulas walk into labor rooms believing that vigilance is what keeps their patients safe.
    — Debra Eluobaju, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of believing
Adjective
  • Anthropic this week detailed how its model Claude is helping the company to develop the next, more intelligent version of itself.
    — Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The suspect was described by Palencia as an intelligent student and active taekwondo practitioner.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of intelligent
Noun
  • What interests me in Zumthor’s architecture is not simply beauty or contemplation.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Yet Na also insists on treating his aliens as objects of contemplation and pathos—reflections of our own misshapen humanity.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of contemplation
Verb
  • Director Chloe Okuno builds an atmosphere of dread, keeps the audience guessing and subtly underlines the film’s message about gaslighting and misogyny.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026
  • One payment beats guessing whether a message is safe to click, reply to, or pay through.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of guessing
Noun
  • Speed certainly has value, but speed without reflection often leads to confident mistakes.
    — Nick Leighton, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Barisone, who’s in his early sixties, with a big Will Ferrell chin and a muscular build, can hold a conversation about his own good judgment, and the iniquity of his enemies, while riding a horse and monitoring his own reflection.
    — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of reflection
Verb
  • For many people considering self-insurance, homeowners coverage is still a good use of funds when compared with your net worth, Connor said.
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The White House is considering whether to host a meeting with AI executives on the sidelines of its summit with Xi next week, but the Chinese would not be invited, an official said.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
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