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In chess, what is the deliberate sacrifice of a piece to gain an advantage commonly called?

deliberate

[dih-lib-er-it, dih-lib-uh-rayt] / dɪˈlɪb ər ɪt, dɪˈlɪb əˌreɪt /




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"But our review found no evidence of deliberate targeting or coordination," it said, adding that the activity "originated from evaluations of third-party models".

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

The illusion was deliberate: The architect, Arata Isozaki, later wrote that he wanted to take a building—“an object overwhelmingly dominated by the force of gravity”—and dematerialize it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Green that a grieving mother could bring a Bivens lawsuit against federal prison officials whose deliberate indifference to her son’s asthma attack caused his death.

From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2026

And while Skepta's been focused on the message, he has also been deliberate about how he's delivering it.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

In 2011, I started making a deliberate effort to invest and reinvest in my friendships, bringing together old friends and new.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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

Whatever this self may be, it is something which thinks, and deliberates, and resolves, and acts, and suffers.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers

Some bankers at JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup were canceling meetings, while personnel around JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon and Citi’s Jane Fraser deliberated over whether the chief executives should attend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The verdict in the death of Wilver Blanco came after jurors deliberated for a little more than four hours over two days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

The verdicts came after a jury at Northampton Crown Court had deliberated for nearly 11 hours.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

The prosecution rested, and the jury deliberated for five hours.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

I deliberated for a moment, and decided she meant it.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

The jury is expected to begin deliberating Friday morning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The judge declared a mistrial on 4 September after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict following nearly 40 hours of deliberating.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Jurors told the judge twice before that they were unable to reach a verdict, but were instructed to keep deliberating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The jury, made up of nine women and three men, spent six days deliberating the case and twice sent notes to the judge indicating they could not reach a unanimous verdict.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

Here, leaning over the banister, I cried out suddenly, and without at all deliberating on my words—

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë


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