as in believes
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I think we should wait for someone to come help us out
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Recent Examples of thinks
The Wall Street investment bank thinks three companies can benefit from the new supply and demand dynamic.
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Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
One thinks of the hundred brothers that Donald Antrim imagined, gathering in the ancestral home to honor their father’s memory and ritually slaughtering one of their own.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
And what a public company CEO wakes up every day and thinks about is how’s the next quarter going to look?
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 24 Mar. 2026
But no one in the family thinks of themselves as superhuman.
—David Gleisner, Outside, 24 Mar. 2026
But head coach Mike Elko thinks there is more talent on the board.
—Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 24 Mar. 2026
Sujack thinks the Saints, who advanced last season to the supersectional, will be even better this spring with addition of Wulf, also a South Carolina commit who transferred from Wheaton North after her family’s move.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
What to read next Poplawski thinks that by gobbling up antimatter, primordial black holes could have gotten a head start on these growth processes.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Everybody thinks this is like a new fad.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
One thinks of the hundred brothers that Donald Antrim imagined, gathering in the ancestral home to honor their father’s memory and ritually slaughtering one of their own.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
And what a public company CEO wakes up every day and thinks about is how’s the next quarter going to look?
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 24 Mar. 2026
But no one in the family thinks of themselves as superhuman.
—David Gleisner, Outside, 24 Mar. 2026
But head coach Mike Elko thinks there is more talent on the board.
—Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 24 Mar. 2026
Sujack thinks the Saints, who advanced last season to the supersectional, will be even better this spring with addition of Wulf, also a South Carolina commit who transferred from Wheaton North after her family’s move.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
What to read next Poplawski thinks that by gobbling up antimatter, primordial black holes could have gotten a head start on these growth processes.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Everybody thinks this is like a new fad.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinks
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Riboua believes Israel could go even further than the Litani River, viewing now as its opportunity to rid itself of Hezbollah for good.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Mar. 2026
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While many of the factors contributing to the housing affordability crisis are structural, Wacksman believes Zillow can at least improve the conditions for those who still think homeownership is out of reach.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
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On the final day of the festival, The Observer is hosting an event with debut novelists the paper considers to be rising stars of fiction.—
Irenie Forshaw,
TheWeek,
26 Mar. 2026
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Millet considers the first run of Theatre Obscure to be an experiment in how much touch and scent audiences may want to endure.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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The series’ first real twist is that the paranoid conspiracy Rachel imagines is in fact a bait-and-switch for what’s going on here.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2026
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Shah then enters with a verse that imagines a more just country.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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With its 18th-century buildings and cobblestones, rue de la Commune feels like the Rive Droite in Paris—except instead of a rivulet, the water is the size of a sea.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
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But for students like 11-year-old Dutra, the loss feels personal.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Centers of excellence are groups of doctors and medical facilities that Carrum, through its own research, deems best of class, negotiating discounts on behalf of employers.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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If a judge deems the dog dangerous, there are certain rules the owners have to follow and comply with within 30 days.—
Jim McHugh,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Thinks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinks. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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