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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
Subscribing to MERS gives all of those parties immediate digital access to the profiles of loans they have originated, are servicing, or are pondering buying.
Scientists have pondered how long energy-starved seafloor microbes might survive.
The previous week, researchers pondered whether another highly unusual set of circumstances might be in the offing.
Scientists have pondered how long energy-starved microbes might survive within the seafloor.
Angela and Stephen ponder why we haven’t collectively learned to deal with the stress that comes from uncertainty.
He said he uses the quiet time at night to ponder a move to Puerto Rico or maybe Hawaii.
I constantly ponder the true danger of racism, which I always state as most basically: the inability to be an individual.
Now that we have gotten over these multifarious horribles, we are obliged to ponder the bigger picture.
Finally, ponder exactly how Maher will make his final choice of congresscritter.
Gone are the working-man dive bars where Joyce would binge drink and ponder his literary hardship.
Lady Engleton seemed to ponder somewhat seriously, as she stood looking down at the grave beside her.
We may imagine that she has had time to ponder those cynical maxims of Bellapert on the natural course of romance.
I will first ponder over this difficult matter, and thereafter give thee an answer.
But a man cannot afford to ponder such problems in feminine psychology too closely if he has anything else to do!
Ponder well on this circumstance, and you will know how to appreciate the exaggerated language they address to you.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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