ruminate
to think deeply and at length about something
Word origin: From Latin ruminari, to chew the cud.
Ruminate in a sentence
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She spent the long train ride ruminating on her next career move.
The committee adjourned to ruminate over the proposal before committing to any single course of action.
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Using “ruminate” well
Ruminate means to think deeply and at length, often turning a matter over repeatedly. The image comes from a cow chewing cud, which underlies the sense of slow, repeated mental processing.
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