reflect (on or upon)

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Verb
  • Donors of all blood types are encouraged to make an appointment to give by clicking here; donors must be 17 in most states (or 16 with parental consent where allowed by state law) and weigh at least 110 pounds and be in general good health to be eligible to donate.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Males can eventually weigh 500 pounds on average, while females typically weigh 250 pounds.
    Ayana Archie, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Fans took to the comments to both praise and ponder Trainor's new look.
    Tracy Wright, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Today, train stops are preserved with wooden shelters with picnic tables, encouraging hikers, bikers, and horseback riders to stop to ponder the trail’s rich railroad history.
    Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Baker-Mazara met up with his former Aztecs teammates for pizza the night before their first-round games, reminiscing about the good times on the Mesa, envisioning a reunion in the second round.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
  • There were fifteen minutes of golf talk, with the President reminiscing about playing with Tiger Woods and Gary Player, and musing about how his Turnberry course, in Scotland, should host the British Open.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The jury agreed with Garcia and Rowley, deliberating for just 40 minutes on Friday before ordering Starbucks to award him $50 million in damages, per CBS Los Angeles.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The jurors deliberated for eight days and were split 11 to 1, with just one juror believing Ferguson was not guilty, according to ABC7, the Los Angeles Times and CBS News.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Leverage text analytics tools to analyze transcripts and identify key themes and patterns.
    Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Experts analyzed the ring, comparing it to similar objects from the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Reflect (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reflect%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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