deliberate
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“There was a deliberate digital campaign, spreading via WhatsApp and Facebook groups, that coordinated meeting points and crossing instructions,” said Ruslan Trad, a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
They can instead design materials that guide quantum states in deliberate and predictable ways.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
In the 1970s, the US space agency carried out deliberate crashes during its Apollo program to collect seismic data.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
He added there were reports of "pockets of deliberate fire setting" which put the crews "under really critical conditions and stretches the service".
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The train began to slow down as it approached the station, and Moss sat down in the seat nearest the door, taking slow, deliberate breaths.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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
While the jury deliberates Majors' fate, the actor faces up to a year in jail if he is convicted of all four charges.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2023
Individual states have taken actions intending to stop online danger for children as Congress deliberates.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
At this point the presiding officer of the court ordered the room cleared "while the court deliberates."
From Recollections of a Varied Life by George Cary Eggleston
On Tuesday, the jury deliberated for more than four hours before finding Khan guilty, but cleared Chowdhury.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“Given the length of this trial, they haven’t deliberated for an inordinate amount of time at this point,” Williams argued.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 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 Chicago jury, which deliberated from around two hours, found that "the total amount of damages suffered by Plaintiff is $49.5 million", according to documents.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
I pursed my lips, deliberated, then shook my head with a tight grin.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
Now, was Warsh deliberating targeting the long end of the curve with the statement and ensuing press conference?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
PdVSA recently circulated among industry participants a list of two dozen production-sharing agreements it was deliberating with foreign oil companies, according to a person close to the situation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Jurors first indicated that they were at an impasse on Thursday afternoon, after deliberating for more than 13 hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 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
“Well,” said he, in a deliberating manner, “for five minutes, perhaps.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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