deliberate
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“I think it was a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize accurate reporting,” Alfonsi told the New York Times of her firing.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
Woodburn was yellow-carded for a deliberate knock-on with 22 minutes left as the hosts upped the pressure and Olly Cracknell forced his way over for the Tigers.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
He recognized that his Readymades—neither pictures nor sculptures nor merely found objects—demanded deliberate staging to differentiate themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
During his tenure, any proposed change to the White House or its grounds was approached in a “very concerted and deliberate manner with a lot of educated professionals weighing in,” Sams said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
The people given four minutes to deliberate got the right answer a mere 20 percent of the time.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing deliberate
The Crucible
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