1
as in considerations
a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something
I'll give your request some thought and then let you know what my decision is
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as in ideas
something imagined or pictured in the mind
I just had a thought: what if we both pitched in and bought him one big present instead of two smaller presents for his birthday?
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Recent Examples of thoughts
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2026
She was shattered by thoughts of all the father-and-son moments Carlos and Alessandro had missed — things like girlfriend issues.
—Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
What are your first thoughts about it?
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Fans have already begun posting thoughts about this year's ad.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Faces off the field gives a deep look into the thoughts and lives of high school athletes from the Austin area.
—Rick Cantu, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
What are your thoughts on this?
—John Paul, The Providence Journal, 30 Jan. 2026
Ten thoughts from the Senior Bowl after Brad Biggs spent the last four days chatting with folks across the league.
—Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Ending thoughts Despite macro uncertainty, these top analysts generated significant returns from their stock selections.
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2026
She was shattered by thoughts of all the father-and-son moments Carlos and Alessandro had missed — things like girlfriend issues.
—Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
What are your first thoughts about it?
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Fans have already begun posting thoughts about this year's ad.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Faces off the field gives a deep look into the thoughts and lives of high school athletes from the Austin area.
—Rick Cantu, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
What are your thoughts on this?
—John Paul, The Providence Journal, 30 Jan. 2026
Ten thoughts from the Senior Bowl after Brad Biggs spent the last four days chatting with folks across the league.
—Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Ending thoughts Despite macro uncertainty, these top analysts generated significant returns from their stock selections.
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thoughts
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Millions upon millions of people are using generative AI as their ongoing advisor on mental health considerations (note that ChatGPT alone has over 900 million weekly active users, a notable proportion of which dip into mental health aspects, see my analysis at the link here).—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Any decision regarding Iran’s participation or nation exclusions would involve complex political and economic costs that extend far beyond football considerations.—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Google says Nano Banana can help redesign a living room, turn charts into infographics, or generate visual ideas for creative projects.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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Effective Surveying—knowing where to look for successful ideas—requires balancing convention with novelty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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The people spoke under the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
26 Jan. 2026
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During the board’s deliberations, member Michael Provence raised the question of whether the house should get additional consideration since the number of Colonial Revival-style cottages is declining.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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There is also the eternal question of whether designers should create clothes for truly living in, or whether they should be encouraged to think big and present more complicated pieces that challenge everyday notions of style and taste.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
26 Jan. 2026
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Online, some drew parallels between the heartwrenching moment, which muddies up notions of consent, to an earlier scene in the series, where Carol reveals her mother sent her to conversion therapy camp.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
25 Jan. 2026
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There’s been a couple of fun AI pictures.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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Posters of rock bands were replaced with pictures of Serbian saints and stately World War I generals.—
Aleksandar Hemon,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Those covers may imply genres, but better book covers are based on concepts that reflect the content of the book and signal it to the consumer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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These early concepts were blown away in the next decade, when the original Elite was released in 1984.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Last year, Newsom’s personal social-media accounts gained more than five million new followers, and clocked billions of views and impressions.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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O’Hara became known not only for her impressions of celebrities, including Meryl Streep and Brooke Shields, but also for original characters that became fan favorites.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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Farrell and Kidman are outstanding, even as Lanthimos' ritualistic plotting and direction keep them hemmed into their characters' rigid conceptions.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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So this was quite a departure from traditional conceptions of the subject.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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