REFLECT (ON OR UPON) Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

reflect (on or upon)

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Definition of reflect (on or upon)

as in to muse (upon)

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Congress weighs competing proposals Anthropic’s draft enters a crowded legislative debate over how the United States should regulate frontier AI.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
With resurgent inflation and traders weighing the Fed's next move, any signal on the rate path could ripple through the equities, bond and currency markets.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

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The Liberty Bell, with its famous crack, hasn’t been rung in 180 years, but that hasn’t stopped scientists from pondering what the bell might have sounded like when tolling.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
In addition, Mendes and the studio have been pondering a highly unique reporting structure for the films’ box office receipts.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026

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Spencer and Jordan return to Crenshaw High School’s football field to reminisce about everything the sport gave them — including the brotherhood that turned them into family.

— Kat Pettibone, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2026
Then watch Harold’s brothers reminisce about their childhood and remember their caring big brother.

— Dateline NBC, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2026

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The jury is expected to begin deliberating on Tuesday morning, after Tinkler Mendez instructs them on the law.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Deller was found guilty of first-degree murder on Thursday after the jury deliberated for over an hour and was sentenced to life in prison.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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To profile their activity in patients with SCLC, the researchers analyzed tumor samples and non-affected biopsies from a dozen patients using single-cell RNA sequencing and immunophenotyping.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
Last month, the Economist used Pangram to analyze parliamentary speeches, finding that 10% of the words spoken in the British Parliament were drafted with AI.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

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