as in reasoning
having the ability to reason
it's surprising to find thinking people who believe such nonsense
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as in believing
to have as an opinion
I think we should wait for someone to come help us out
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as in meditation
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Recent Examples of thinking
Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
In an interview with WWD, Elite World Group’s chief executive officer Paolo Barbieri detailed the thinking behind the strategy.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Kate Morgan, The Cut, 20 Apr. 2018
Sometimes surgeries require more thinking beforehand.
—Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2017
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The Functional Fabric Fair has also expanded its speaker programming to provide forward-thinking insights and solutions to current challenges.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
But nothing has served me better than the brute simplicity of TextEdit, which doesn’t try to help you at all with the process of thinking.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
In an interview with WWD, Elite World Group’s chief executive officer Paolo Barbieri detailed the thinking behind the strategy.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
These are the most vulnerable parts [of the brain] and can be easily damaged, so your libido can run a bit more wild when it’s not being curtailed by the higher thinking part of the brain.
—Kate Morgan, The Cut, 20 Apr. 2018
Sometimes surgeries require more thinking beforehand.
—Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2017
Noun
Those urgency tactics are designed to keep you from thinking clearly.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The Functional Fabric Fair has also expanded its speaker programming to provide forward-thinking insights and solutions to current challenges.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinking
Verb
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The rest of us, however, will have to learn to navigate a world in which seeing is rarely believing.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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Many journalists, authors, and investigators have voiced doubts about these convictions, believing that the real Monster of Florence was never caught.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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From salsa dancing to keep her brain sharp to going to meditation retreats with friends often, Ferree structures her life for optimal wellness.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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And if you’re feeling compelled to listen to your own chants, white noises, meditations, etc.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Some geomyths, recounted orally over generations, are based on eyewitness experiences, while other accounts are grounded in a keen awareness of local terrains, plus rational and imaginative ideas about the powerful forces of nature.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Theorists could prove that this will not happen if bidders are rational.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Gilligan wants to keep viewers guessing, and this trailer definitely hits that mark.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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Kat Stickler likes to keep her millions of followers guessing.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Also, of course, I am handicapped by knowing that this couldn’t be printed in the foreseeable future, and by the fact that contemplation of this material has become painful.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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The exhibitions, abstract by design, are an invitation to contemplation.—
Diana Hubbell,
Saveur,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Conspiracy theorists claim intelligent aliens might be observing humanity’s weapons capabilities.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
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With the excitement and delusion of Humbert Humbert imposing a purple-prose narrative on his pedophilic assumptions, Hank speaks of his former student like a James Dean figure — beautiful, brooding and quietly intelligent.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Before the game, manager John Schneider called for Dodger fans not to boo him, considering how much time had passed.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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At least one student at the student body meeting considering the chapter objected to TPUSA's values, according to left-wing blog Fight Back!—
Anders Hagstrom,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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After fifteen years of championing photography as a platform for exchange and critical reflection, the African Artists’ Foundation (AAF) announces that LagosPhoto Festival will now adopt a biennial format, on view from October 25 – November 29, 2025.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
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The walk opened with a prayer to show respect to those buried at the cemetery, before a group led by a priest and Mexican folkloric dance group Grupo de Danza Tonantzin walked through the cemetery in quiet reflection.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Thinking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinking. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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