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Idiom

food for thought

Meaning

Information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“This article gives me some food for thought.”

“The lecture provided plenty of food for thought regarding how we use technology in our daily lives.”

“His provocative essay on the nature of justice offered significant food for thought, challenging the audience to reconsider their long-held moral assumptions.”

Examples

simple

“This article gives me some food for thought.”

contextual

“The lecture provided plenty of food for thought regarding how we use technology in our daily lives.”

complex

“His provocative essay on the nature of justice offered significant food for thought, challenging the audience to reconsider their long-held moral assumptions.”

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