- present tense form of deliberate (3rd person singular).
deliberates
Example Sentences
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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
"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
It meets and deliberates in person —not via Zoom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Not to mention:— “The woman who deliberates is lost,” And the eternal:— “Plato, thou reasonest well,” which avenges, perhaps, on the public their neglect of the play!
From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by George Saintsbury
