deliberately
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The assumption was that because it was so crucial to the global economy, no country would disrupt it deliberately.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
The nutria, an invasive rodent plaguing California, may have been deliberately released.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
You could say instead that lying is deliberately asserting what one knows to be false.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
In his letter, Sir Jim said it was "tough for staffing picking up the strain" and the walkout had been "deliberately time to cause havoc" after the Easter weekend.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
For the first time since they’d met, she touched him, carefully, deliberately, on the hand—and then on his face.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing deliberately
"Of Mice and Men"
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