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mus·ing
Ë?myü-ziÅ‹
: meditation
My musing and writings on this issue do not come from the groves of academe.—
Herbert S. White
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he was clearly in a musing mood, and did not feel like talking just then
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Gary Indiana, a writer whose acid musings on gallery shows and artists defined a era in art criticism, has died at 74.
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
Quickly, the women realize they’ve been lied to, thanks to a blueberry candle, and are forced into Mr. Reed’s tense musings and sadistic games for a chance to escape.
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Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Noun
So does Helen Lundeberg, whose familiar architectural geometries in landscape paintings get an unexpected twist in three 1960s canvases inspired by extraterrestrial musings.
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“Musing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/musing. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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