thinking

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I'm personally planning on an early morning DVD run for the 2 disk, sight unseen, as my thinking is an extra disk for something as amazingly good as Iron Man has to be equally, amazingly good, right?

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  1. noun The act or practice of one that thinks; thought.
  2. noun A way of reasoning; judgment: To my thinking, this is not a good idea.
  3. adjective Characterized by thought or thoughtfulness; rational: We are thinking animals.

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  • Behind this thinking is the notion that if we do a few things here and there, or offer certain kinds of ministries and programs, people outside will be attracted to the church and they will come in. —  felix hominum
  • I'm personally planning on an early morning DVD run for the 2 disk, sight unseen, as my thinking is an extra disk for something as amazingly good as Iron Man has to be equally, amazingly good, right? —  Action-Figure
  • "Creating the epilogue also gave us the opportunity to talk to Aaron McKinney about his crime, what his thinking is about it now, and what his experience has been in prison over the past decade,," said Greg Pierotti, the company member who interviewed Aaron. —  BroadwayWorld.com Maine Stories
  • You reference health reform, can you just comment on what your thinking is there? —  Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • She takes a series of statements about god that she says need rethinking, but her thinking is a complete mess. —  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
 

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  1. from Middle English *thenking, thenching; verbal noun of think, v.
 

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