meditated

verb

Definition of meditatednext
past tense of meditate
1
as in pondered
to give serious and careful thought to I've been meditating a career change for months

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2
as in planned
to have in mind as a purpose or goal had meditated a quick return to work after having the baby, but circumstances changed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meditated
  1. planned
  2. contemplated
  3. intended
  4. looked
  5. entertained
  6. went
  7. considered
  8. tried
Verb
  • State lawmakers, who voted to place Proposition 5 on the ballot, had planned additionally to try to lower the threshold for approving special taxes at the local level from two-thirds to 55%.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Despite cast interesting in continuing Obi-Wan Kenobi from Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen, no further seasons are planned.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of planned
Verb
  • Indeed, neither Phillips nor Phoenix was sure about making a sequel, and for a time contemplated putting on a Broadway show instead, before ultimately committing to the movie.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In practice, the Bureau of Land Management only approved Gemini after the bureau’s local staff contemplated rejecting the project.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of contemplated
Verb
  • Her kids are also receiving a more significant portion of the estate than was intended.
    R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Given the laptop-class CPU and GPU, only the RAM and storage are intended to be readily user-accessible—the chips are locked down and facing toward the cooling system that occupies the other half of the case.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of intended
Verb
  • The whole thing looked more like a rock show than a symphony concert.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This resulted in an American judiciary that looked very different than the mosaic that makes up the country.
    Paul M. Collins Jr., The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of looked
Verb
  • Levi’s has entertained the idea of selling the brand several times.
    Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
  • None of the other three women entertained the suggestion.
    Ridah Syed, Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of entertained
Verb
  • Sandro went small, launching the mini-version of its Tangoso hobo in new colors and a canvas version too, and added cute styling for footwear with boat shoes pre-flipped down at the back for a slip-on feel.
    Rhonda Richford, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Silicon Valley walked in like in the way Elon Musk walked into Twitter and went, ‘How many people work here?
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of went
Verb
  • While the storm expected this weekend is considered to be strong, it's not supposed to be as powerful as the one in May.
    Alex Sundby, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Feature Importance Feature importance is often considered a default method for explainable AI (XAI).
    Vinay Kumar Sankarapu, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of considered
Verb
  • The Bears didn’t well in any phase against the Orange, but Mendoza, who suffered first-half interceptions on consecutive pass attempts to set up 10 points by the Orange, tried to shoulder much of the blame.
    Jeff Faraudo, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The Pelicans killed Denver on the glass, regardless of what lineups Adelman tried.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of tried
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