reflect (on or upon)

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Verb
  • According to investigators, Anderson stands at about 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs approximately 220 pounds.
    Alexa Ashwell, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2026
  • Missouri faces a legal battle over a referendum to redraw one key district even before weighing changes under the Supreme Court’s decision.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Redditors also ponder an IKEA cookie relation.
    Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Apr. 2026
  • First, there are the big-name athletes to find and woo into competing on the streets of the UK’s capital, then the pace-makers, the notable debutants, and the tantalising head-to-heads to create; there’s the hotel bookings, the visas, the flights, the prize money and even bonuses to ponder over.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Current and former campers, educators and camp staff are invited to explore the camp and reminisce about their days at Walden West.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The in-person celebrations offered a rare opportunity for fans around the country to reunite and reminisce over their childhood love for the show, which aired before social media was a prominent part of people’s everyday lives.
    Angela Yang, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • This allowed the state to use the map while the justices deliberated on the issue.
    Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
  • An actor, Marcelo Subiotto, and a group of citizens are secretly brought together to form a parallel jury deliberating alongside the official jury in a real criminal case.
    Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But the new traffic data the railroads analyzed from all the major freight railroads convinced executives that more job growth is likely.
    Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Reflect (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reflect%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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