contemplative
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Surely, a contemplative mode would have been more becoming.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
That loss was addressed on 2023's mournful, contemplative album But Here We Are.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
For nearly 14 years, I’ve returned to this contemplative missive through every bump in the occupational road or moment of professional strife.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026
When discussing the two years he spent in Metallica and the bad blood that followed, Mustaine is contemplative and serene.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
All Newton himself ever said was that the idea of gravity came to him as he sat “in a contemplative mood” and “was occasioned by the fall of an apple.”
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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