MUSE (UPON) Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

muse (upon)

verb

Definition of muse (upon)

as in to reflect (on or upon)

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Shares of CoreWeave slid nearly 12% on Friday and dropped roughly 24% this week as investors nervously eye its mounting debt.

— Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
The book was at one point set up for feature development at Universal and in the late 2010s was being eyed as a series.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

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