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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
Workflows have become hybrid, and production and creative thinking are becoming hybrid. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 His weekly newsletter, System Sunday, reaches more than 250,000 subscribers, and his ideas on productivity and systems thinking have built a social media following of over two million. — Ben Meer, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
Now, my question was, this is a very asymmetric way of thinking about personal time. — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026 That was again thinking about how that work could mitigate this city problem of sewage runoff in rainwater. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 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
  • Defense can’t be too timid, but there needs to be rational response to an asymmetric downside.
    — Bob Ackerman, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Humans, in contrast, have souls that are additionally capable of rational thought.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of rational
Noun
  • Her team’s meta-analysis found that activities that increase physiological arousal generally did not reduce anger, while relaxation, mindfulness, meditation, and slow breathing consistently helped.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The trajectories separated into four distinct clusters corresponding to rest, meditation, music, and the movie.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of meditation
Verb
  • Marylanders could be forgiven for believing the tide is running in favor of gerrymandering, but there are encouraging signs that the worst is over, and a better approach can prevail.
    — Colin Pascal, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Okay what about people’s resistance to believing these guys are stone-cold weirdos?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of believing
Adjective
  • Workers assemble new energy vehicles at an intelligent factory of electric vehicle enterprise Leapmotor on January 13, 2026 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • At the same time, new responsibilities are appearing around agents, workflow orchestration, digital performance, access, oversight and the economics of intelligent work.
    — Keith Ferrazzi, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of intelligent
Noun
  • Walking and talking with an AI fellow pilgrim Which brings me back to the Kumano Kodo in Japan, where contemplation is a key element of the traditional experience.
    — Shay Rabineau, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
  • She was accepted into the convent at the age of 36, and led a life of prayer and contemplation.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of contemplation
Verb
  • Then, just to keep us guessing, Pugh attended a press event at New York’s Paley Center in an ethereal all-white Erdem gown, a personification of symbolic innocence.
    — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Booking Holdings’ chief financial officer thinks the companies spending the most on artificial intelligence are guessing.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of guessing
Noun
  • The cultural demons a 34-year-old playwright was conjuring a century ago rise up as dark reflections for our own.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • If someone solves a problem that the mathematical community has decided is central and important and hard, that solution is considered a reflection of deep insight and creativity.
    — Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of reflection
Verb
  • Daines and Merkley also want committee leaders to have a one-day fast-track for considering popular bills with strong committee support from both parties that would allow those bills to pass the Senate with a simple majority.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • If one or both don’t play, the Dolphins could pull off the upset, considering the Bengals ranks 31st in the league in rushing.
    — Keven Lerner, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
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