ruminate
verb (used without object)
to meditate or muse; ponder.
has ruminated
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present perfectof ruminate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In the six decades since, Lawrence Wright has ruminated often on his old hometown and how it’s different than it used to be.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
The cranium has ruminated for decades in a display case, amid pathological and anatomical anomalies such as malformed fetuses and pickled liver stones.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2020
That day clearly stays with Mr. Trump, who has ruminated on it over the past week.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2019
Mr. Cuomo himself has ruminated lately on both the pride he takes in his father’s record as a three-term governor and the burden it imposed upon him.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2014
He has ruminated about an independent candidacy ever since his shattering loss in the Illinois primary March 18.
From Time Magazine Archive
