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pondered

ADJECTIVE

deliberate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

calculated careful cautious cold-blooded conscious meticulous premeditated prudent purposeful studious thoughtful willful

STRONG

advised considered designed express fixed intended judged planned prearranged predetermined projected purposed reasoned resolved schemed studied weighed

WEAK

aforethought cut-and-dried designful done on purpose predesigned predeterminate prepense provident purposive scrupulous thought-out voluntary wary with forethought witting

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careless heedless ignorant imprudent inattentive incautious thoughtless uncareful unmindful

STRONG

indefinite unplanned

WEAK

chance indeterminate unintentional unmethodical unsystematic unwitting

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Lewis admitted some of the witness stories were compelling and "would have an effect" on him as he pondered them before his rational self took over.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

For months, the senior U.S. senator from Montana pondered his political future.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Critics pondered whether “Margaret” was too dated to appeal to today’s youth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The question that Barclays analyst Dan Levy pondered on Tuesday was, of course, why?

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

So the judge pondered long and hard—and then threw both men out, with the words “Kakou korakas kakon oon,” which translate as, “Bad crow, bad egg.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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