contemplate
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The result gives Bank of Korea policymakers another dataset to contemplate ahead of this month’s meeting, as they weigh further tightening to counter inflation fanned by the Middle East conflict and AI-fueled demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Who wants to contemplate our technological offspring ending our existence?
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
They now need to contemplate exactly how far the Fed will go to get inflation back under control, as well as what a longer Fed hiking cycle might mean for markets and the economy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Once the key protagonists in Premier League heavyweight contests, the Gunners would seemingly never contemplate allowing their top scorer to join United.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
We might contemplate a separate creation of each atomic species.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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But as Stokes contemplates his future, it's worth pointing out that he has not played a match in the short format of the game since appearing for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred in 2024.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The 69-year-old also contemplates a new activity: becoming a U.S. senator, by booting out another Dan Sullivan who has held that job for 12 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Meanwhile, Sam Adams contemplates the film’s ending, arguing that Nolan’s final plot twist changes the meaning of the whole story.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
“The Drama” contemplates thorny matters, but it’s not satire.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026
The kid contemplates crying a bit harder but straightens up almost immediately.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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They asked their supervisors to approve a new investigation and contemplated using undercover operatives to gather more evidence.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
But it certainly shouldn’t be expanded to the extent contemplated here—opening the federal courts to any passerby with a vague aesthetic grievance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Emergency experts working day and night contemplated various entry and exit routes from the nearest accessible access point, about 75 feet away from where Gil was trapped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
The couple anxiously contemplated the request before agreeing to lend Barnes £10,000, after he promised it would be repaid within a week.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
She contemplated a few pulpy grains of crushed root clinging to her fingertips and resisted—for the twentieth time—the temptation to see what they tasted like.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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As it came to fruition, he sought to answer two main questions when contemplating which works of his collection to share with the public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
While he said talks would resume this week, that was unable to lift the gloom on trading floors, with traders contemplating further rises in inflation that will force the Fed to tighten monetary policy more.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
If you want to preserve the homely, mom-and-pop feeling of picking out your own merchandise and contemplating the value of a dollar before you enter your credit card info, Amazon is there for you.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Meanwhile, the official story was considerably harder for an ordinary person contemplating lunch to follow.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
I dusted the powdery corpses of half a dozen dead butterflies off a cement bench and lay down on the quad under the moonlight for a while, contemplating my sisters and our rebelliousness.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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