Ponder and Reason

Ponder

Ponder verb - To give serious and careful thought to.

Usage example: I'm pondering whether or not I should join another committee

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Reason and ponder are semantically related. in think about seriously topic. In some cases you can use "Reason" instead a verb "Ponder".

Reason verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.

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Ponder and reason are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ponder" instead a verb "Reason".

In both cases, Professor Ponder Stibbons is the man tasked with findibg a scientific, or at least a plausibly pseudoscientific, reason why.

Source: Hammerspace Hideaway
Note that it is for this precise reason he gets on with Ponder Stibbons: the young lad is always trying to explain stuff to him.

Source: Too Dumb to Fool
Done intentionally in The Last Continent: Ponder, having spent the book, as always, being totally impatient with the older wizards (not without reason), is suddenly aged about fifty years, and learns what it's actually like to be a senior wizard.

Source: Aesop Amnesia

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