reflect (on or upon)

Definition of reflect (on or upon)next

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Verb
  • Now the county is weighing greenlighting a nearly $80,000 event.
    Olivia Young, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • The department’s definition laid out several criteria used to weigh if degrees count as professional programs.
    Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • This anxiety often leads to rumination, where individuals endlessly ponder potential outcomes without actual preparation, mistakenly equating thinking with problem-solving.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Bravo is sipping its cuppa and pondering what to do about those interesting ladies across the pond.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • There may soon come a day when consultants reminisce about creating PowerPoint presentations by hand.
    Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026
  • Thirty years later, the actress got to reconnect with Ventimiglia on her daytime talk show, Sherri, and reminisce about Rewind.
    Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • The jury of six men and three women deliberated for less than three hours.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • Our societal climate fosters deliberate dehumanization and stereotyping of Muslims and Arabs, keeping us as perpetual outsiders.
    Tazheen Nizam, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Cisco has built and is refining an AI tool for investor relations that analyzes its financial history alongside competitors’ earnings calls and can anticipate likely questions from specific analysts.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 1 July 2026
  • In the new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers analyzed electronic health records from 2001 to 2023 for more than 700,000 pairs of mothers and children in Hong Kong.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 1 July 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 5 Jul. 2026.

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