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  • verb Present participle of mull.

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Examples

  • And what's really interesting is top aides are saying he's in what they call the mulling stage, still reading a lot of memos, a lot of court decisions.

    CNN Transcript May 22, 2009 2009

  • And what is really interesting is, top aides are saying he's in what they call the mulling stage, still reading a lot of memos, a lot of court decisions.

    CNN Transcript May 22, 2009 2009

  • DuBois said his office is making steady progress in mulling or implementing the council's suggestions, even as he conceded "we can always do more to get the word out about those efforts."

    Critics Waiting For Action From Faith-Based Office Clay Chiles 2010

  • DuBois said his office is making steady progress in mulling or implementing the council's suggestions, even as he conceded "we can always do more to get the word out about those efforts."

    Critics Waiting For Action From Faith-Based Office Clay Chiles 2010

  • Kiper suggests there might be restorative powers in mulling over 40-yard dash times, down to hundredths of a second, on a year-round basis.

    USATODAY.com - Rams' Holt adds draft insight 2005

  • He recalled mulling over the problem of a company that manufactured toothpicks and Popsicle sticks.

    HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2009

  • I began the Operacion Entender series with the idea of mulling over why contrary to the conventional wisdom George W. Bush has had one of the most successful terms as head of state in the history of mankind.

    Editorials from Hell's leading daily newspaper 2008

  • Rob Hopkins, who with his colleagues started the transition movement, settled in Totnes, a small market town near the south coast of England, but the movement now has affiliates not only in towns but also in the neighborhoods of big cities and in rural areas -- affiliates that are still "mulling" over the prospects and at least one that has already produced its "energy descent action plan."

    Craig K. Comstock: The "Transition Town" Movement's Initial Genius Craig K. Comstock 2010

  • Rob Hopkins, who with his colleagues started the transition movement, settled in Totnes, a small market town near the south coast of England, but the movement now has affiliates not only in towns but also in the neighborhoods of big cities and in rural areas -- affiliates that are still "mulling" over the prospects and at least one that has already produced its "energy descent action plan."

    Craig K. Comstock: The "Transition Town" Movement's Initial Genius Craig K. Comstock 2010

  • Rob Hopkins, who with his colleagues started the transition movement, settled in Totnes, a small market town near the south coast of England, but the movement now has affiliates not only in towns but also in the neighborhoods of big cities and in rural areas -- affiliates that are still "mulling" over the prospects and at least one that has already produced its "energy descent action plan."

    Craig K. Comstock: The "Transition Town" Movement's Initial Genius Craig K. Comstock 2010

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