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deliberative

[dih-lib-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv] / dɪˈlɪb ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv /


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And so, to me, a lot of friends in the Senate, a lot of well-meaning people, the Senate is aspirationally the world’s greatest deliberative body, and it should be that, but it’s not that.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

These influencers play to audiences largely made up of people who want to be seen atop the moral high ground without putting in the deliberative intellectual work to get there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

There are, however, still tangible benefits to this deliberative approach.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

I believe that when we are measured and deliberative and we are calm — and we are not mercurial, not raging — we can make more sound decisions because we’re operating using our cortex.

From Salon • Jul. 27, 2025

Representative James Jackson from Georgia was positively apoplectic that such a petition would even be considered by any serious deliberative body.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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