deliberate
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The German held his position - a deliberate blocking tactic.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The majority’s use of such language is a deliberate choice rather than a scientific inevitability.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Instead of the protective fortification of concrete barriers and razor wire, the National Mall is marked by a sprawling, deliberate openness.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Throughout the following decades, Micron was also “very deliberate about not overextending itself” during the memory trade’s upcycles, Miller said, which gave it the ability to buy less-disciplined competitors during downcycles.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026
His actions had been so deliberate and yet so wasteless of time that he came to the house while Mrs. Tiflin was still ringing the triangle.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
And so, I think there has to be both a change to the way the Senate deliberates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
The Fed is considering this scenario as it deliberates the future of monetary policy.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
Individual states have taken actions intending to stop online danger for children as Congress deliberates.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
"Judges routinely give a 'clean up' instruction before a jury deliberates, telling them not to construe anything the court says as evidence, or as a suggestion of what their verdict should be," she tweeted.
From Salon ● May 1, 2023
Now the man in the street will say that man is higher than the horse, because he not merely eats grass, but thinks, deliberates, possesses art, science, religion, morality.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
Juries deliberated and judges delivered sentences, some of which were commuted by the state’s governors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The panel of seven women and five men first retired last week and had deliberated over four days.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
The Santa Barbara Superior Court trial lasted 14 weeks, and the jury, which included eight women and four men, deliberated for more than 30 hours across seven days.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
The nine-person panel in the blockbuster trial deliberated for less than two hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
It felt like I deliberated our journey for hours, when in reality, we were there for only a few more seconds.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Mark Williams asked the judge Friday morning to give an Allen charge, urging the jurors to continue deliberating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Jurors were sent out to consider their verdicts on Thursday afternoon and have now been deliberating for about seven hours.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Jurors were then sent out to consider their verdicts on Thursday afternoon and have now been deliberating for about seven hours.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
If so, his lawsuit could be thrown out before the jury even starts deliberating the merits of the case.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
On the evening of October 28, the jury began deliberating.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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