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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a second thinking" is not correct in standard written English.
The correct expression is "a second thought," which is used to indicate reconsideration or reflection on a decision or idea.
Example: "After giving it a second thought, I decided to change my mind about the proposal."
Alternatives: "a second opinion" or "a reconsideration."
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When her husband walked through the door on their first wedding anniversary eight years ago carrying a light brown cocker spaniel, she didn't waste a second thinking about Lassie or Fido or Rover.
"I do think we made progress as a football team, and I'm not going to spend a second thinking about how many wins this football teams has to have for me to be back here as the head coach," said Davie, who received a five-year contract extension last year.
Later that evening I tried a second, thinking that I could sleep through the side effects, but they hit me too fast.
Not many people watching the Final Four games of the men's NCAA tournament this weekend will spend a second thinking about the basketball court itself.
I gagged for a second thinking how fucking gross it would be to get a puff of spiced rum after drinking actual rum, but I could see someone thinking that's cool.
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The symphony has already performed three of his works, and has scheduled a fourth, "Thinking of You: Songs of Love and Obsession" for June 10 at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity in Brooklyn Heights.
Why couldn't I simply move on with my life, never spending a single second thinking about a guy who told me I was "The One," multiple times?
Spencer pulled a grounder down the third-base line, hesitating for a split second, thinking it might go foul.
What also made it special was that I was there to see it, and spent a split second thinking 'oh my goodness, how did he do that?'.
A: First, you're thinking of Van Gogh as far as body parts are concerned.
Better, maybe a young historian is just walking by the pictures in Berkeley and stopping a second and thinking: Hmm.
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