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deliberative

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


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Esteemed horror veteran Mike Flanagan is an executive producer and you can sense Stuckmann grabbing aimlessly in the last third for the kind of sickly visual elegance that is Flanagan’s deliberative style.

From Los Angeles Times

But deliberative democracy also shapes the way all neighbors or citizens treat each other, whether on the street or at the dinner table.

From Salon

Transformative rulings can now bypass the deliberative process our democracy was built to honor.

From Los Angeles Times

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

“These processes are deliberative, thorough, and intended to bring substantive change to how we serve our residents.”

From Los Angeles Times