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meditation

noun

ˌme-də-ˈtā-shən

Definition of meditation

as in contemplation

long or deep thinking about spiritual matters the busy executive devotes an hour a day to quiet meditation

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Recent Examples of meditation The brand is one of the first to take sunrise simulations to the mainstream market, while including noise machine and media capabilities (including podcasts and meditations). — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 26 Aug. 2026 The committee also highlighted the film’s humanism and delicate direction, its dense, multidimensional character relationships, and its meditation on love, desire and original sin. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026 Then came the 1996 comeback album Gone Again, partly a meditation on the deaths of Fred, her brother Todd, beloved bandmate Sohl, and Kurt Cobain’s suicide. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026 Mindful features like two nursing rooms, showers with stalls and a meditation room complete with forest imagery on the ceiling. — Meg Linehan, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for meditation

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contemplation

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Sister Mary Grace, 76, loves the opportunity for contemplation and the chance to express it artistically.

— Kelly Wilkinson, IndyStar, 27 Aug. 2026
Indeed, Serrano’s image is, to me, comparable to an icon, worthy of sincere contemplation.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

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