as in brooding (about or over)
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reasoning
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Clearly, the cost arguments haven’t been persuasive, with people reasoning the slightly higher costs are worth the improved treatment of farm animals.—
Sal Rodriguez,
Oc Register,
10 Oct. 2025 -
Lower courts had blocked DHS’s mass termination, reasoning that federal law requires parole decisions to be made on an individual basis.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Speculating (about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speculating%20%28about%29. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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