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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
contemplate .
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Examples
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One concerns whether the kind of ban on “self-help” punishment Nozick contemplates is morally permissible.
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SENATOR MITCHELL: I believe that the communique by its terms contemplates a two-track process.
Press Briefing By Sen Mitchell On Af ITY National Archives 1995
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Britain contemplates a reversal of centuries of economic separation from the continent of Europe, while Canada turns its currency free to float in the money markets of the world.
The Future of European Integration and German-Canadian Relations 1970
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So that overall, overall, the $1.10 per pack price increase that the budget contemplates, which is about a 55-percent increase in the price of a pack of cigarettes, will lead to about a 32-percent decline in youth consumption.
Press Briefing By General Mccaffrey And Elena Kagan ITY National Archives 1998
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In reality the latter word contemplates a state or condition which was only possible or usual when the scholar, having accomplished the full course of study, finally and definitely assumed the rights and duties of Master.
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Former President Bill Clinton contemplates which is more humbling – being bested by Obama’s campaign, or being bested by Obama’s choice in lapel pins…
Beat 360° 9/11/08 2008
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Former President Bill Clinton contemplates which is more humbling – being bested by Obama’s campaign, or being bested by Obama’s choice in lapel pins…
Beat 360° 9/11/08 2008
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It's a rare institution that contemplates its own orderly demise.
Boing Boing 2009
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Whose 17-year-old shadow contemplates the glory of war?
December « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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It contemplates wide-ranging reforms for sustainable urban development and financing.
Scott Baker: Will India Lead the Way in Urban Land Tax Reform? A Mission Director from the Indian Ministry of Housing Provides Some Answers Scott Baker 2011
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