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thinking

Definition for thinking

adjective as in rational

Strongest match

reasoning

adjective as in pertaining to thought

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"You know, as a normal person, you don't wake up in the morning thinking, I will become a burglar, let's start with the Louvre," he said.

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We roam relentlessly through our memories of the past and ruminate restlessly on the future, thinking, if only it was this perfectly verifiable way, or that exactly quantifiable way.

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She said the university's AI policy stated students could use AI to "support their thinking" or help them "fill in the blanks" when tasks were not clear, but they must demonstrate how they used it.

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“Motherhood was not an urge I couldn’t resist, it was more like a thought I’d been thinking for a very long time. So I plunged in.”

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I left her with him, thinking it would blow over.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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