thoughts

noun

plural of thought
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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2
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 The notes have the sentence fragments and typos of someone quickly recording their thoughts. — Ari Daniel, NPR, 29 July 2026 At the time of the shooting, Richards said Gray was struggling with anxiety, paranoia, depression and thoughts of self-harm. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 29 July 2026 But him being mentioned really triggered a series of conflicting thoughts in me. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 July 2026 Jason Sudeikis shared his thoughts on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 29 July 2026 Just over one week later, as the families continue to grieve and finalize the teens’ funeral plans, their thoughts and prayers are being sent to their friend in the hospital still fighting for his life. — Eric Adler july 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026 Gripped by anxiety, her body grew hot and her thoughts grew dark. — ABC News, 23 July 2026 Errant thoughts will still arise (the laundry, the email, the certainty that your opening scene is a disaster) but in a mindful state, those thoughts are observable. — April Dávila, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026 If one person tells you the sky is blue, and another tells you the sky is green, your job is not to state both of their thoughts in an article. — Rey Ramsey, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thoughts
  1. considerations
  2. ideas
  3. deliberations
  4. notions
  5. pictures
  6. concepts
  7. impressions
  8. conceptions
Noun
  • With such considerations in mind, most people can enjoy strawberries regularly and benefit from their impressive nutritional profile.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 26 July 2026
  • In the realm of AI for mental health, harness engineering is especially vital and can make-or-break how well or badly an AI system responds to mental health considerations.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of considerations
Noun
  • As always, the fans came to Ballroom 20 ready to throw their own questions and ideas at the creative team.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 July 2026
  • In order to explore, to be open to new ideas and experiences—all core to eroticism, in Perel’s view—people have to feel stable enough to let their guard down.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
Definition of ideas
Noun
  • The likelihood of not receiving a first-round bye and getting placed in the wild-card round is a factor that Hoyer has acknowledged as part of the club’s trade-deadline deliberations.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 27 July 2026
  • Ashley Benefield sentenced in 'Black Swan murder' case Ashley was charged with second-degree murder but was convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter after nearly seven hours of deliberations.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of deliberations
Noun
  • Crump and Wells’ parents have rejected notions from law enforcement that the teenager drowned, launching their own investigation into his death, including the autopsy.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 22 July 2026
  • Set any preconceived notions aside and don’t jump in until your child is finished speaking.
    — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 21 July 2026
Definition of notions
Noun
  • At the same time, fascinated engineers around the world were examining the same pictures and videos as everyone else.
    — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
  • Apparently, at the airport, all the flight attendants were trying to take pictures with her.
    — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Definition of pictures
Noun
  • High-performers accustomed to having deep workplace knowledge may put pressure on themselves to understand new concepts quickly.
    — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Over the past few years, several innovations have crossed important milestones, moving from experimental concepts toward real-world patient care.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
Definition of concepts
Noun
  • Most recently, Playboy celebrated the release of the Playboy summer issue with Cara Delevingne on the cover, driving 5 billion media impressions and nearly 30 million impressions on social media.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
  • In many ways, signage is a company's first handshake with the customer—and in business, first impressions still matter.
    — Salman Altaf, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of impressions
Noun
  • Are such dichotomous conceptions of the novel mutually exclusive?
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 July 2026
  • The thread of citizen rights and responsibilities weaves through each of these, uniting evolving conceptions of freedom, self-government, and individual achievement from the nation’s past through to its present.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 July 2026
Definition of conceptions

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