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premeditating

verb

present participle of premeditate

as in contemplating

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There were starkly arranged a cappella vocals, wistful singer-songwriter tunes for briskly contemplating the boy from last night, and a dance-floor track once intended for Madonna.

— Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
Members of the public, at recent meetings, though, have raised concerns about traffic and the financial agreements the city is contemplating.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of contemplating

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Koon would later be diagnosed with depression, and has since feared meditating again.

— Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026
The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are a particularly fertile period for meditating on this condition, then still experienced as striking, not yet normalized.

— Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026

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Lane was intending to offer contemporary fiction of the sort published in hardback for 7s 6d at a much lower paperback price.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
But Paltrow and Johnson became close friends, with Paltrow reportedly intending to maintain their bond after the breakup.

— Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of intending

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Luckey is aiming for produce displays, metal parts, magnetic components, and everything else inside the machine domestically.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Risch is also focused on reforming the federal permitting process, aiming to speed up projects such as mineral extraction.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 27 Oct. 2026

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