have contemplated
- present perfect of contemplate.
Example Sentences
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The architects of the internet don’t appear to have contemplated the possibility that anyone would seek to monetize IP addresses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
The Dodgers have contemplated deploying Shohei Ohtani out of the bullpen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
"We could never have contemplated this would grow here," says farmer Sarah Taylor, whose land the rice is planted on.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
Other schools across the country have contemplated similar resolutions.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
It would require to have been a captive, and yet full of the spirit of freedom, to have contemplated long imprisonment, and to be suddenly set free, even to comprehend what he then felt.
From Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
