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• v  look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
  contemplate one's navel
• v  consider as a possibility
  I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job
• v  think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
• v  reflect deeply on a subject

• With X-ray vision, this serious indie comedy, written and directed by Lynn Shelton, sees through its male characters macho pretensions to contemplate the underlying forces hard .
• For a while it is pleasant enough to contemplate these loose ends, and to tease from them the possible contours of a story.
• Unmistaken Child inevitably leads you to consider the material world and to contemplate the balance in your own life between physical gratification and spirituality.

• study
• meditate
• chew over
• think over
• ponder
• excogitate
• muse
• reflect
• mull
• mull over
• ruminate
• speculate

Quotes

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• Reggie B Walton in Forbes
  The law, Walton said in court documents, "does not appear to contemplate a situation in which a defendant may be placed under supervised release without first completing a term of incarceration."
• Simon Cowell in FOXNews
  I'm not going to pretend that we're even going to contemplate saving you,said Simon Cowell.
• Mats Sundin in Chicago Tribune
  I have always believed I would finish my career as a Toronto Maple Leaf, so the actual request was still a very difficult one for me to contemplate,Sundin said in a statement."