deliberate
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"Publishing this watchlist is a deliberate act of transparency - communities need to know that we are acting, and we want those committing these crimes to know that we are coming for them," he explained.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Some jurors interpreted that as a refusal to deliberate, recalling that he spent time reading “The Power of Now,” a book about living in the present.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
"Dating the jewelry to the same time frame as the remains provides more evidence that this was a deliberate burial and opens up conversations about the significance of cave burials during this period," added Rick.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
And at the State of the Union, again, this was not a deliberate decision to stand out.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
The Diallo shooting, in other words, falls into a kind of gray area, the middle ground between deliberate and accidental.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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