meditating

verb

Definition of meditatingnext
present participle of meditate
1
as in contemplating
to give serious and careful thought to I've been meditating a career change for months

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2
as in planning
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 meditating
  1. contemplating
  2. planning
  3. pondering
  4. intending
  5. looking
  6. considering
  7. trying
  8. entertaining
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  • Meanwhile, 61% of medical students are contemplating careers outside clinical practice, viewing medical school as a stepping stone to other fields in healthcare.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Over five million Syrians have been displaced abroad over the last 13 years, and many of them are now contemplating a return home.
    Karam Shaar, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of contemplating
Verb
  • Watch out for lottery scams People planning to play the lottery should watch out for lottery scams.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Netflix is planning on giving plenty of gifts to its viewers on Christmas Day – as long as everything goes to plan.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of planning
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  • School Board members are now pondering the idea of asking voters for another bond in the future.
    Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2024
  • There may be some benefit from these policies, but business leaders pondering their 2025 plans will want to focus on their own labor needs.
    Bill Conerly, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of pondering
Verb
  • Last summer, Taiwanese officials from the National Development Council announced the visa intending to attract and retain foreign digital professionals to boost Taiwan's tourism and economy, according to the local media outlet Taipei Times.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Networking is specifically about connecting with people in the same line of work—or inside and outside your industry—intending to build lasting relationships.
    Sanjay Sehgal, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of intending
Verb
  • Gi-hun is followed back to the games by a Seoul police officer, Jun-ho (Wi Ha-joon), who is looking for his missing brother, In-ho.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In it, the singer-songwriter saunters in a polka-dot dress before the screen pans to a glamorous-looking Carey, who delivers a whistle note.
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of looking
Verb
  • The rule could have prevented the government from considering important health research in setting pollution limits.
    Eric Nost, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Robert Saleh, former New York Jets head coach This might be the most popular hire among fans, considering that Saleh ran the 49ers’ 2019 defense, the unit the team has aspired to match ever since.
    Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of considering
Verb
  • New York police on Monday were trying to determine why someone set a woman ablaze board a train in Brooklyn in a fatal attack drawing outrage from city and state leaders who have been laboring to make the trains safer.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The holdups come during one of the busiest travel times of the year, frustrating hundreds of customers trying to get home for the holidays.
    Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of trying
Verb
  • Kendra suggests her Chocolate Mouse for a Party recipe that is primed for entertaining a large crowd and guarantees everyone will get a scoop.
    Bon Appétit, Bon Appétit, 11 Dec. 2024
  • By the mid-1990s, public health leaders were entertaining the possibility that the STI could be eliminated.
    Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of entertaining
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