How to Use deliberation in a Sentence
deliberation
noun- After hours of deliberation, the council came to a decision.
- She spoke to the audience with clarity and deliberation.
- Jury deliberations lasted two days.
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The case is now in the hands of the jury for deliberation.
—Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 27 May 2022
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So, the deliberation was over whether to go now or wait a little bit longer, how to fill out the deal.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 8 Dec. 2020
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Starting Wednesday, the power will shift from the lawyers at the lectern to the jurors in the deliberation room.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 28 May 2024
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But deliberations over what the new plaque should say have been charged.
—Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2023
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Her answer prompted the judge to send the jury back to the deliberation room.
—Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Dec. 2021
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Ask some of the people who’ve worked with or played alongside Judge and Ohtani, and the answer has more deliberation.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022
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After one hour of deliberation, the jurors were ready to call it a night.
—Joe Barrett, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2021
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Jurors can’t take copies of video into the deliberation room, view it there, and talk about it frame by frame.
—Michael Tarm, ajc, 31 Mar. 2021
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The duo are moving with the speedy deliberation of the Flash to get as many projects going as possible.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025
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Even so, the jurors found Mr. Ng guilty of all three charges after more than two days of deliberation.
—Matthew Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2022
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The judge then ordered the jury to resume deliberations in what is known as an Allen charge.
—Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
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During 11 hours of deliberation, jurors asked to see two clips of the video.
—Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 7 Jan. 2022
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Hence the slow deliberation of the narratives and the minute internal details of the workings of a mind.
—Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 6 Oct. 2020
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The news from Rome came as a shock after just over 24 hours of deliberation within the conclave.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 11 May 2025
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But being faced with a new choice will cause all sorts of deliberation.
—Roger Martin, Fortune, 7 July 2022
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He was cleared on both counts by a jury whom the judge praised for its thoughtful deliberation.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
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The jury reached its verdict on the third day of deliberations.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
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But after about two hours of deliberation, a jury found Sams, 34, not guilty of all charges this week.
—Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
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And not all of them show evidence of careful deliberation by a man fully in charge of the process.
—The Editors, National Review, 17 July 2025
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The jurors could not agree, and the case ended in a hung jury after three days of deliberation.
—Maya Rao, Star Tribune, 21 Mar. 2021
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The trial is expected to end on May 27, when it will be turned over to the jury for deliberation.
—Marisa Dellatto, Forbes, 17 May 2022
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As the deliberations dragged on, some in Trump's orbit had become convinced that the case had stalled and that charges might never be brought.
—Jill Colvin, ajc, 1 Apr. 2023
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As the deliberations dragged on, some in Trump’s orbit had become convinced that the case had stalled and that charges might never be brought.
—Jill Colvin, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
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But at some point during the court's deliberations, Roberts changed his mind.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
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Match the level of deliberation to the stakes involved.
—Aslak De Silva, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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In less than an hour of deliberation, the jury found Ford guilty, a verdict that meant death in Sing Sing’s electric chair.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
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The jurors reached their decision on the sweeping, 27-count case against the four men after a marathon 12 days of deliberation.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 July 2025
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