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  • verb Present participle of contemplate.

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Examples

  • Part of what I have been groping towards articulating is that a stumbling block in contemplating/examining this stuff is the rather parochial way the English language handles the notions of 'mind' or 'consciousness'.

    Another Look 2009

  • One thing I've been contemplating is an object registry - a little similar in concept to the 'why' behind DOIs, but geared towards items held in visible collections.

    Happy developers + happy museums = happy punters (my JISC dev8D talk) Mia 2009

  • For some, this topic is one of simple factual and historical curiosity, while for others, it is a matter of some deeper consideration in contemplating questions of liturgical reform within the 20th century -- which is a conversation which can hopefully be approached in a more dispassionate light in our times.

    Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 1 - The Palm Sunday Blessing and Procession of Palms 2009

  • What satisfaction for the human spirit in contemplating these laws of motion and equilibrium for all bodies in the universe, and in finding within them proof of the existence of Him who governs the universe

    Another Look 2009

  • Ms. EPSTEIN: We were very aware in contemplating whether or not to take this on that most of the writers who'd been involved in the past were playwrights.

    'In Treatment' Writers Analyze The HBO Drama 2010

  • Ms. EPSTEIN: We were very aware in contemplating whether or not to take this on that most of the writers who'd been involved in the past were playwrights.

    'In Treatment' Writers Analyze The HBO Drama 2010

  • I just completed an in-depth study on the carbon foot print of Fundamentalist Enviros and the natural resources they consume in contemplating, publishing and promoting their peculiar life styles and alternate realities.

    Dog vs. SUV: Which Has Larger Eco-Footprint? 2009

  • Yes, the moment has arrived to begin contemplating the dismantling of the Israeli state as it presently exists.

    Matthew Yglesias » Israel Bans Arab Parties 2009

  • I just completed an in-depth study on the carbon foot print of Fundamentalist Enviros and the natural resources they consume in contemplating, publishing and promoting their peculiar life styles and alternate realities.

    Dog vs. SUV: Which Has Larger Eco-Footprint? » E-Mail 2009

  • Ms. EPSTEIN: We were very aware in contemplating whether or not to take this on that most of the writers who'd been involved in the past were playwrights.

    'In Treatment' Writers Analyze The HBO Drama 2010

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