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View definitions for contemplation

contemplation

noun as in deep thought; planning

noun as in gazing at

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That worked for me, as “Great Gold Bird” is built for contemplation, and I wanted time to process its handling of grief.

On Tuesday, Khamenia ended months of contemplation over where he wants to play college basketball.

I pushed it a little further — just as much as I want to rest and for that to be some recuperative, generative ritual that will help me look beautiful, the bed can also be the site of a lot of contemplation about the world and the things that are happening outside my safe place.

Kristy Strouse from Film Inquiry agreed: "Amid the comedic elements, the film skillfully delves into the poignant contemplation of loss."

From BBC

In his “Commentaries,” Blackstone argued that life “begins in contemplation of law as soon as an infant is able to stir in the mother's womb,” known as “quickening.”

From Salon

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

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