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deliberative

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


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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

Then the more deliberative System 2 thinking will kick in, where we consider more variables, including our own biases and those of others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

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 • Oct. 23, 2025

He really was content, he told me, to stay where he was, building his influence over time, awaiting his turn to speak inside the deliberative cacophony of the Senate, but then a storm arrived.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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