contemplate
Example Sentences
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But the calls highlight the two allies’ diverging interests as they contemplate the end of the war.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
But some things stay the same and, as they contemplate entering a third decade in power, it is SNP politicians and their supporters who are celebrating this weekend.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Morbid though it is to contemplate, those kinds of numbers probably make more congressional deaths in the near future inevitable.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026
The Oakland Raiders had a throwaway 12th-round pick in the 1977 draft, and then-coach John Madden grew frustrated hearing his personnel executives contemplate using it on a basketball player or track guy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
I contemplate asking to switch uniform skirts with her since hers is too short and mine is so long.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
Vocabulary lists containing contemplate
Of Mice and Men
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List 5
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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