thought (about or over)

past tense of think (about or over)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for thought (about or over)
Verb
  • As Caproni has written several times, Flores signed a contract with the Dolphins that contemplated league arbitration.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Duncan even contemplated mounting a third-party challenge to Trump as a No Labels candidate last year before withdrawing his name from consideration.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Four Ball State players pondered it prior to the 2022 season.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In her conversation with Interview, Peters pondered whether the next Great American Novelist could be trans.
    Grace Byron, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The city has also considered a three-year contract with GEST Golf Carts to shuttle people from further away parking lots.
    Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Hurricanes Gabrielle and Humberto have formed over the ocean but are not considered threats to the United States.
    Alana Wise, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The coming weeks—as Kirk's legacy is again debated on podcasts and interviews—may offer an answer.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • In the public square, opposing views aren't debated—they're flagged or muted.
    Curt Steinhorst, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There are observational reasons and theoretical reasons both to disfavor that interpretation, and this isn’t seriously entertained any longer as a plausible interpretation of the expanding Universe or the Big Bang.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike earbuds that can hurt little ears during long trips, this comfy design allows kids to lie down while staying entertained.
    Gabriela Garcia, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Swanson, who has studied Legionella for 40 years and worked on the Flint water crisis, said that has been true of the disease since its namesake outbreak at an American Legion conference in July 1976.
    Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • This hybrid was first reported by a homeowner near San Antonio and later studied by biologists from The University of Texas at Austin.
    Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • What first attracted you may be questioned when the Sagittarius moon confronts Venus.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Chief Justice Ann Timmer and Justices James Beene and Montgomery had also questioned it.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Thought (about or over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thought%20%28about%20or%20over%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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