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contemplation

[kon-tuhm-play-shuhn, -tem-] / ˌkɒn təmˈpleɪ ʃən, -tɛm- /




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The room is described as a "calm, cosy place for contemplation" by the independent charity which looks after six royal sites and palaces.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Throughout the film, alongside the contemplation on the sacrifices he’s made for his work, McElwee repeatedly revisits the importance of filmmaking from different angles: as a tool for preservation, for storytelling, for survival.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

Tickets must be purchased online for specific time slots, the number of simultaneous visitors is capped at 1,500 and a daily morning “quiet hour” was recently introduced to facilitate prayer and contemplation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

No machine has free will, conscience, spiritual depth, the capacity for love, or the ability to grow through hardship, sacrifice and contemplation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Why, then, did Copley show Revere at a workbench with his engraving tools spread out before him, holding a teapot as the object of his contemplation and offering it to us for our inspection?

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

Celebrated Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr, known for unflinching contemplations of shared humanity films such as “Sátántangó” and “The Turin Horse,” has died at 70.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

First, pessimism is the natural state for any contemplations of peace in the Middle East.

From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2025

Although it taps into the same aimlessness that fuels the other tracks on “Nacarile,” iLe considers it one of the more “hopeful” contemplations.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023

Some have lots of blood and some are deep contemplations of the future of humanity — and some have both.

From The Verge ● May 20, 2022

In such interdimensional contemplations, we need not be restricted to two dimensions.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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