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ponder
verb as in think about seriously
Strongest matches
consider, contemplate, deliberate, evaluate, examine, mull, mull over, puzzle over, reflect, speculate, weigh
Strong matches
appraise, brood, cerebrate, cogitate, daydream, debate, dwell, excogitate, figure, meditate, mind, moon, muse, reason, revolve, roll, ruminate, study, woolgather
Weak matches
build castles in air, give thought to, noodle around, perpend, pipe-dream, put on thinking cap, think out, think over, turn over
Example Sentences
Hegseth probably read some history as an undergrad at Princeton and a master’s student at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, so he might want to ponder the takeaways from this tale: Is anti-woke the new anti-communism?
Mass layoffs in the media industry have put thousands of journalists on the street, forcing them to ponder new ways to exercise their professional skills.
They indeed won’t have much time to ponder a game in which they had all their offensive weapons complementing their frenetic young defense, a game in which they were properly favored and should have won.
Skipper Hope joined Carty to finish the job for the hosts to leave England with plenty to ponder in this format before a three-match ODI series in India in February, which is their final preparation before the Champions Trophy in Pakistan later in the same month.
Plenty, too, ponder what Trump's win might say about the more conventional political class being so tin-eared about the concerns of millions and millions of people that he has triumphed again.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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