ponder
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The bold prediction raises an interesting issue, insofar as investors must ponder what will happen to the market after an influential bank tells clients to prepare for higher all-time highs.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
“A consumer in the Charter package doesn’t have to ponder whether a particular streaming service does or doesn’t have a particular show worth watching.”
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
You wouldn’t necessarily call “What a Time” a concept album, though many of the songs ponder the ways memory and history can shape a romance.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
With their season now at a close, it will be a long summer for Ulster's players and staff to ponder what went wrong from a campaign that once promised so much.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
“Why are you staring at ash and at sticks and scraps of wood when we could be chasing Loki? Kvasir! As you ponder and talk your nonsense he is getting away from us!”
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
Vocabulary lists containing ponder
Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 2
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"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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