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thought

[thawt] / θɔt /




Usage

What are other ways to say thought? The noun thought, which reflects its primary emphasis on the mental process, may denote any concept except the more weighty and elaborate ones: I welcomed his thoughts on the subject. A thought came to him. Idea, although it may refer to thoughts of any degree of seriousness or triviality, is commonly used for mental concepts considered more important or elaborate: We pondered the idea of the fourth dimension. The idea of his arrival frightened me. Conception suggests a thought that seems complete, individual, recent, or somewhat intricate: The architect's conception delighted them. Notion suggests a fleeting, vague, or imperfect thought: a bare notion of how to proceed.

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She thought her Dublin hotel would qualify for one of her twice-a-year $300 hotel credits from the Amex Platinum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Safety, trust, and innovation all should be thought of together, and we should be able to accelerate all of it at the same time,” Huang said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

After the game, Jackson joked that he received “some feedback” over that hit but said that he thought he was making the appropriate play at the time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

"He always knew there was a risk doing human rights work, but we never thought that this would happen," she told the ABC.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

"How arrogant, that Knight of the White Moon," Don Quixote thought, "and what a ridiculous cause for a challenge! No beauty comes near Dulcinea's."

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

Price thoughts on the 10-year tranche of investment-grade notes initially were in the area of 300 basis points, according to Informa Global Markets.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

"This is a devastating incident, and our thoughts are very much with the family and friends of the mother and children who lost their lives and those who were injured," Johnson said.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Wall Street Journal asked six leading money managers for their thoughts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Such thoughts on the Cage train poorly suited arriving in the heart of the state of Saxony-Anhalt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

My thoughts felt sluggish, like someone had poured sand in my brain.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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