deliberate
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“It’s very deliberate to call this a restoration and not a renovation,” Reyes said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
It’s a deliberate upsell to what we used to think of as basic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
There’s a deliberate ramp-up to the intensity of training camp, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
So does this signal a deliberate change in recruitment strategy - prioritising experience over youth?
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Ben moved in close to guard his father, who began dribbling toward the basket with deliberate caution.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
And so, I think there has to be both a change to the way the Senate deliberates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
The Fed is considering this scenario as it deliberates the future of monetary policy.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
Individual states have taken actions intending to stop online danger for children as Congress deliberates.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
"Judges routinely give a 'clean up' instruction before a jury deliberates, telling them not to construe anything the court says as evidence, or as a suggestion of what their verdict should be," she tweeted.
From Salon ● May 1, 2023
I wonder how often that solemn body deliberates as to whether a girl shall be A. B., P. B., or A. M., or whether they ever give them any degree at all.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
On Tuesday, the jury deliberated for more than four hours before finding Khan guilty, but cleared Chowdhury.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
The jury was sent out on Tuesday, they deliberated for around six hours and reached a verdict on Wednesday afternoon.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
The Santa Barbara Superior Court trial lasted 14 weeks, and the jury, which included eight women and four men, deliberated for more than 30 hours across seven days.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
The Chicago jury, which deliberated from around two hours, found that "the total amount of damages suffered by Plaintiff is $49.5 million", according to documents.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
He deliberated for a moment as we walked.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
Now, was Warsh deliberating targeting the long end of the curve with the statement and ensuing press conference?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
PdVSA recently circulated among industry participants a list of two dozen production-sharing agreements it was deliberating with foreign oil companies, according to a person close to the situation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
They spent three hours and 15 minutes deliberating before finding him guilty.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Mark Williams asked the judge Friday morning to give an Allen charge, urging the jurors to continue deliberating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
I’d been deliberating for hours whether or not to ask the question—even how to ask the question—and, finally, I just gave in and made a mess of it.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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