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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muse (over)
ponder
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As Jeff Sanders wrote (here) on Thursday, the Padres are pondering a lot of different ways to deal with their starting pitching situation in the coming weeks.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026 -
Graham may have finally assumed her rightful place in the newspaper-movie canon, but we’re still left to ponder her absence from the most iconic journalism movie of the 20th century.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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“Muse (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muse%20%28over%29. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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