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contemplate

[kon-tuhm-pleyt, -tem-] / ˈkɒn təmˌpleɪt, -tɛm- /




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Kaushal says the Union’s blockade of Confederate ports during the Civil War starved the U.K. of cotton and pushed the world’s then-military superpower to contemplate breaking it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

At that stage, Strategy was sitting on unrealized losses of almost $5 billion and despite public displays of bravura and a refusal to contemplate selling, the pressure on Strategy’s stock price was relentless.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Now, like many of her fellow Israelis, Zvi is asking herself what this conflict actually achieved for her country and is finding it hard to contemplate what happens next.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Investors should contemplate this war’s financial effects just the same.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

The rest of us, meanwhile, are left to contemplate the pee in the cup holder.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green




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