deliberation
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The brief Dean signed argued that the Pentagon’s decision to label Anthropic a supply-chain risk would “chill open deliberation in our field about the risks and benefits of today’s AI systems.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
“A transaction of this magnitude, which includes new and novel issues before the FCC, demands open deliberation before the full Commission, not a quiet sign-off meant to avoid public scrutiny,” Gomez said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
The justices, in other words, will decide this case the proper way—with full briefing, oral arguments, deliberation, and an opinion—rather than over the shadow docket, with little or no explanation.
From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026
After just 90-minutes of deliberation, the jury found Bradshaw not guilty.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
She sighed, and smoothed her hair with her hand; and he saw then that her hand was trembling and that her calm deliberation was all a frenzied pose.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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