CONTEMPLATED Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

contemplated

verb

past tense of contemplate

as in pondered

to give serious and careful thought to she contemplated the problem for several hours before reaching a decision

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as in planned

to have in mind as a purpose or goal he waited patiently, contemplating revenge all the while

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Recent Examples of contemplated But after the Rams traded for two-time defensive player of the year Myles Garrett in June, Donald has contemplated rejoining a Rams team that is favored to win Super Bowl LXI at SoFi Stadium. — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026 Yet when considered against the nightmare scenarios contemplated at the war’s outset, oil prices have remained low and natural gas markets have proved resilient. — Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026 Lasting more than 10 minutes, the image begins eviscerated of scale and depth before slowly recovering a figure-ground relationship — from a smudgy surface to be contemplated to an image of a body moving through a landscape. — Matilda Hague, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026 As a result, every year thousands of students who had contemplated teaching or pharmacy or public service become accidental financiers. — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026 But the revolt imperiled Infantino, as Europe contemplated replacing him with Nasser Al-Khelaifi, a hugely influential figure in European club soccer. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 30 July 2026 Then, as Bowman contemplated his future throughout the season, vacillating between retiring at the end of this season or next, the notion that Zilisch could replace him picked up steady traction through the summer. — Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 23 July 2026 Hebrew has been contemplated with some envy by campaigners in other societies. — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 This ambitious strategy, known as marine cloud brightening (MCB), has been one of several geoengineering strategies contemplated as a way to counteract global warming. — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 8 July 2026

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In a July 2025 text chain, an agent pondered whether facial recognition tools could be used to identify people on TikTok who admitted to being in the country illegally.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
In a July interview with Rolling Stone, Foreman pondered why his story went viral.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2026

Definition of pondered

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The decisive stage is planned for early 2027, when an Army unit will conduct an Operational Assessment.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
Additional infrastructure planned includes a new Vertical Integration Facility for the 9×4 vehicle and a Payload Processing Facility.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of planned

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Over 30 hours, Reagan and Gorbachev fiercely debated in an effort to bring peace and the end of the Cold War.

— Barry Levitt, Time, 14 Aug. 2026
Inside Kalshi, employees have debated the usefulness of mention markets, with Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara especially championing them, according to the former Kalshi staffer.

— Bobby Allyn, NPR, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of debated

Verb

Thus far, there is nothing to suggest that Moscow intended to violate Romanian airspace, the ministry in Bucharest said.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
The Lions have deployed Moore in a variety of ways, giving him (pun intended) more and more opportunities with the first-team defense.

— Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of intended

Verb

That proposed financial penalty is nearly as much as Meta’s total valuation on Wall Street.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
The defense proposed placing him on house arrest with an ankle monitor under the supervision of Fulton County Pretrial Services.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

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