contemplate
Example Sentences
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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
Investors must contemplate the potential of violent price fluctuations if the shipping industry fails to quickly return to normal tempos.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
Losing Brown and Cummings was grim enough but the fear of losing Steyn as well was too much to contemplate.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
“I recognize my suggestions are hard for many to contemplate and may be even viewed as overly harsh by some.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
He used to lift the bags of flour one by one and contemplate them, to see if they all truly weighed the amount the man said they did.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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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