as in thoughtful
given to or marked by long, quiet thinking
a contemplative person who likes to go on solitary walks the contemplative life of the monks at the abbey
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Recent Examples of contemplative
Using only in-game tools, Grylls lent the film both an organic view of gameplay and a cinematic, often contemplative eye.
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Brandon Yu, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
The fourth installment of his Christopher Season series, the latest release in Don Trip’s ongoing run, is a thoughtful and contemplative body of work, presenting the reflections of a man weathering the pitfalls and disappointments of life.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Of course, Snoop has jammed with everyone from Willie Nelson to the Gorillaz to the late Quincy Jones, but he’s never sounded so pure and contemplative.
—Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
The score ranges from intimate and contemplative, with a chamber-sized group of strings, to bigger and more epic for the Olympic scenes.
—Jon Burlingame, Variety, 1 Dec. 2024
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Brandon Yu, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
The fourth installment of his Christopher Season series, the latest release in Don Trip’s ongoing run, is a thoughtful and contemplative body of work, presenting the reflections of a man weathering the pitfalls and disappointments of life.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Of course, Snoop has jammed with everyone from Willie Nelson to the Gorillaz to the late Quincy Jones, but he’s never sounded so pure and contemplative.
—Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
The score ranges from intimate and contemplative, with a chamber-sized group of strings, to bigger and more epic for the Olympic scenes.
—Jon Burlingame, Variety, 1 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contemplative
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No new technology can replace what a thoughtful culture audit can reveal.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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These quotes are all from the thoughtful, candid, curious mommy makeover patients that Allure recently spoke to for our story 17 People Get Real About their Mommy Makeovers.—
Meirav Devash,
Allure,
31 Mar. 2025
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This week, Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco share a vulnerable highlight from their new collaborative album, Jessica Simpson makes a triumphant return to music with a country pop power ballad, and Japanese Breakfast delivers an appropriately melancholy track from her new LP.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2025
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Blanchett is apologetic and melancholy as Cate, and wonderfully snotty as Shelly, critiquing the privilege and luxury that the actress knows that famous people like her take for granted.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
15 Mar. 2025
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Covering 80% of roof area on commercial buildings in the U.S. with solar reflective material would be the equivalent to turning off 34 coal power plants for one year.—
Rob Lewallen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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The dining room on the floor below has deep red carpets, gold chairs, burl wood walls in a herringbone pattern and reflective metallic paint on the ceiling that intensifies the rotating 360 degree views.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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That’s fine, but the physical practice of putting pen to paper is part of the meditative experience of journaling.—
Ankur Bindal,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The film is Weerasethakul’s first set outside Thailand and is noted for its meditative pacing and immersive sound design.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Rohan Goyal Double exposure This photo by Rohan Goyal, a 32-year-old with Down syndrome, captures his mother in a pensive mood laid over the image of a tall building.—
Charu Bahri,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
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On March 11, Rodgers was seen looking pensive during a beachside stroll in Malibu, Calif.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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Spiritual themes in anime Anime often explores spiritual and philosophical questions by drawing on Japan’s religious traditions to examine themes of fate, self-sacrifice and the struggle between desire and duty.—
Ronald S. Green,
The Conversation,
24 Mar. 2025
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Philosophical Insight: Some strains encourage deep thought, making philosophical and thought-provoking literature even more impactful.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Contemplative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemplative. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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