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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
Goodell apparently is not thinking about expanding by one team in Europe. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist, offers a useful case for thinking about when a founder should step aside. — Adi Ignatius, Harvard Business Review, 18 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
  • But when a generation stops believing that an unjust rule has legitimacy, coercion becomes increasingly expensive.
    — Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
  • People can get a sense of community, support and belonging by believing what others in a group believe.
    — Jonathan Fahey, Los Angeles Times, 18 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
  • The variation is significant enough that guessing isn’t a great strategy.
    — Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
  • And true enough, one fine day earlier in the summer, when the heat had sat on everything, my father had lain down in the farthest meadow with my beautiful mother and there were no prizes for guessing the result.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of guessing
Noun
  • Part of us being on hiatus was a time of reflection and growing and shedding some skin, so to speak.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 Sep. 2026
  • No one here can escape the Monster signature, which is to make its themes obvious and its takeaways muddled; the whole thing is spectacle without reflection.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 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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