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deliberative

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


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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

But those have been slower and in some ways more deliberative.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

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

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

If Seth wanted a fast decision—to short-circuit the deliberative process through which the company made most decisions—we wanted to hear the cast read the script.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

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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