deliberate
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The subject line was “A tragic mistake?”—quotation marks deliberate, questioning the words President Bill Clinton had used to describe NATO’s bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade days earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
“There’s no indication at this point that they cannot deliberate and continue to discuss the issues.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
“Summer is the right window for that work. You have time to be deliberate instead of reactive,” said Judge.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
Head of the Counter Terrorism Division at the Crown Prosecution Service Bethan David said Wai and Yuen's conduct was "deliberate, coordinated and carried out with full knowledge of who it would benefit".
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
The people given four minutes to deliberate got the right answer a mere 20 percent of the time.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing deliberate
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