deliberate
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Apparently, it’s a deliberate, self-aware camp rather than dime-store kitsch, appealing to a younger, more modern audience that doesn’t take itself seriously.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
Still, the deliberate stoking of fear of criminality today mirrors that of the past.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
Jumping in after no leading candidate has emerged “is deliberate, and suggests her team believes she will not face similar roadblocks,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The important step is to make that concentration deliberate.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
When Mr. Brademas finally speaks, his words are slow and deliberate, like he’s choosing them very carefully.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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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
This one-year mark comes on the heels of reported upticks in crimes against Jewish and Palestinian communities and as the state Legislature deliberates a reparations package that aims to remedy the legacy of slavery.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024
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
He was deliberating; and I wish you to understand that in a case like this "the child that deliberates is lost."
From Little Grandfather by Sophie May
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 jury deliberated for only about three hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The prosecution rested, and the jury deliberated for five hours.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
This week they deliberated on Monday and Tuesday.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
There was a Jack Kerouac quote their dad loved to repeat when the family deliberated weekend plans.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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The jury is expected to begin deliberating Friday morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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
The jury has been deliberating on the case since Thursday.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
In honesty, he would have preferred to go into Father Olufemi’s study himself to get the journal, but some quick deliberating had put an end to that idea.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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