as in to ponder
to give serious and careful thought to
the minister hoped that the congregation would spend the remainder of the week ruminating the message of his sermon
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Watch your media diet: Ask yourself how much news and media exposure is sufficient to keep you informed and how much will lead you to spiral and ruminate.
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Noma Nazish, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
The shocking moment came out of co-creators Konrad Kay and Mickey Down ruminating on the idea of repercussions.
—Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024
Netflix Dishes The Data Being transparent: Long-serving Netflix execs love to ruminate on the era when the company was a DVD mailing service, but what felt pertinent this week was the streamer’s more recent transformation into an outfit that is very much at ease with transparency over viewing data.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2024
With thousands of exhibiting home and lifestyle brands to discover and a slew of gallery exhibitions and installations to ruminate on, the city-wide event requires a plan.
—Mel Studach, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2024
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Noma Nazish, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
The shocking moment came out of co-creators Konrad Kay and Mickey Down ruminating on the idea of repercussions.
—Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024
Netflix Dishes The Data Being transparent: Long-serving Netflix execs love to ruminate on the era when the company was a DVD mailing service, but what felt pertinent this week was the streamer’s more recent transformation into an outfit that is very much at ease with transparency over viewing data.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2024
With thousands of exhibiting home and lifestyle brands to discover and a slew of gallery exhibitions and installations to ruminate on, the city-wide event requires a plan.
—Mel Studach, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2024
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After latest suicide, the Vessel in New York City’s Hudson Yards ponders its future CNN, located at Hudson Yards, took a trip to the Vessel on Wednesday to explore the changes.Eric Levenson, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
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Though the series’ ending was left for the audience to debate on what truly happens and offered a feeling of possibility, Nicks ponders what could be if the show should ever have another season.Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
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At the same time, the growing body of research has revealed a greater abundance of settlements and cities than had previously been contemplated.Anna Lagos, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
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The overall research agreement contemplated a number of performance milestone events that were expected to be achieved by the second quarters of 2023, 2024 and 2025.Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Dream Theater has been entertaining millions of fans for almost 40 years now.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Old Town Music Hall While not exactly in L.A. proper, Old Town Music Hall has been entertaining patrons in El Segundo, California since 1968 and is home to one of the last functioning Wurlitzer pipe organs housed in a movie theater.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2024
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Sports fans, commentators and even athletics directors are openly debating the feasibility of whether college athletes could organize and collectively bargain in the future.Karen Weaver, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Life’s too short to debate how a person enjoys his or her meals.Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
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Michigan is among the handful of states considered key to deciding the presidential election.Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024
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Congress could also consider a separate bill focused exclusively on election betting.Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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An agreement that began when the reader picked up the book, studied the cover, and saw the author’s name on the front, and then finally in that moment when their fingers flipped to the first few pages as a bargain was sealed.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Upon analysis, the team found that semaglutide use was associated with a 40% to 70% reduction in the risk of an Alzheimer’s diagnosis compared to the other medications studied.Maggie O'Neill, Health, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Ruminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruminate. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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