as in contemplation
long or deep thinking about spiritual matters
the busy executive devotes an hour a day to quiet meditation
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Regular exercise, getting enough sleep, and learning relaxation techniques such as meditation, can be helpful for stress reduction.1
Keep diabetes supplies on hand and in stock at home.
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Alysse Dalessandro, Health, 29 Mar. 2025
So in a way, the film turns into a meditation on fear, emotion, and family life, and all the ways that can work.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 29 Mar. 2025
At the time, the outlet also claimed that the two attended daily meditation sessions.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
One of the best LPs of that year, the music explored our ongoing ecological emergency, mustering up personal meditations from inside the climate crisis.
—Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
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Alysse Dalessandro, Health, 29 Mar. 2025
So in a way, the film turns into a meditation on fear, emotion, and family life, and all the ways that can work.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 29 Mar. 2025
At the time, the outlet also claimed that the two attended daily meditation sessions.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
One of the best LPs of that year, the music explored our ongoing ecological emergency, mustering up personal meditations from inside the climate crisis.
—Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Meditation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meditation. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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