deliberate
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To soothe the resulting stomach aches, the macaques have developed a habit of "geophagy, the deliberate consumption of earth", a recent study has found.
From Barron's • May 22, 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
The Chinese side added “constructive,” a deliberate echo of the formula former President Bill Clinton and Jiang Zemin adopted in 1997.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
And at the State of the Union, again, this was not a deliberate decision to stand out.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
I reached to brush it off the table, and she stopped me with her nose, looked pointedly at the cactus, and gave a deliberate negative shake of her head, then looked up at me.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
Vocabulary lists containing deliberate
The Crucible
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