on/upon reflection
idiom
: after thinking about something
On/Upon reflection, I decided to accept their offer.
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Throughout, the camerawork is audacious, but more upon reflection than in terms of visceral pyrotechnics.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2025
Yet many, on reflection, feel the initial reaction was overblown.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
This pattern is familiar but possibly, on reflection, bizarre.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Upon reflection, there’s a glimmer of hope that Trump’s friendliness toward Putin and Kim Jong Un might not be due to a desire to emulate them, but rather to keep a non-confrontational relationship so as to prevent nuclear conflict in the future.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2024
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2025
Yet many, on reflection, feel the initial reaction was overblown.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
This pattern is familiar but possibly, on reflection, bizarre.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Upon reflection, there’s a glimmer of hope that Trump’s friendliness toward Putin and Kim Jong Un might not be due to a desire to emulate them, but rather to keep a non-confrontational relationship so as to prevent nuclear conflict in the future.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2024
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“On/upon reflection.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%2Fupon%20reflection. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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