The word "mulling" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is most commonly used to refer to reflecting or thinking deeply about something. For example: "I've been mulling over my options for a new job for some time now."
But, as a private company – just like a comedian mulling over a rape joke, or a troll looking for a target for his anger – it could choose not to.
He wants to be controversial and is mulling other TV work, he says.
The prime minister's entourage is now mulling a vote before the end of 2016.
Crozier has set a target of 50% of revenue coming from sources other than TV commercials and it is understood that senior management is mulling whether a major acquisition would serve to speed up the growth of ITV Studios.
And in Washington, DC, members of Congress are mulling over ways to help state governments curb their prison costs, as well as crime rates.State correction systems have exploded in recent decades.
Texas is mulling both a 20-week ban and an admitting-privileges bill like Mississippi's.
Sir Peter Davis, Sainsbury's chairman, called it "a defining moment in British retailing .It certainly felt that way when, a day later, Wal-Mart (which owns Asda, Britain's third-biggest supermarket group) announced that it too wanted Safeway and was mulling an all-cash offer.
The DFS's authority over insurers gives it some sway in health care; in recent speeches Mr Lawsky has said his agency will play a "crucial" role in the implementation of Obamacare.Scalded domestic banks, meanwhile, are mulling swapping their state charters for national ones to escape Mr Lawsky's supervision.
The reformists are mulling over whether to throw in their lot with one of them.In this section You never know Wet and dry Gurgle and splutter Democracy?
Germany is mulling over help too.The result would be what its director, Kathryne Bomberger, calls a "birth certificate" for the ICMP.
Brazil is mulling a bid from Boeing to provide its air force with 36 Super Hornet jet fighters.
