as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
deliberately chose to break the rules
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Recent Examples of deliberately
Double-taps have been deployed deliberately in the past by terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and Nigeria’s Boko Haram, which would send second suicide bombers to kill those trying to help victims of the first ones.
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Alexander Smith, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
The train, made up of vintage carriages from the 1920s and ’30s refitted with modern amenities, runs regular itineraries to a wide range of European destinations, including a once-a-year, deliberately slow five-night transit between Paris and Istanbul.
—Ann Shields, AFAR Media, 26 Aug. 2025
The top three automakers are badly losing a race for the future to BYD and other Chinese electric vehicle companies — their big investments in EVs having been sandbagged by this year’s about-face from supportive government policies to deliberately destructive ones.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
Their erasure was not only physical but historical, deliberately left out of textbooks and maps.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 16 Aug. 2025
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Alexander Smith, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
The train, made up of vintage carriages from the 1920s and ’30s refitted with modern amenities, runs regular itineraries to a wide range of European destinations, including a once-a-year, deliberately slow five-night transit between Paris and Istanbul.
—Ann Shields, AFAR Media, 26 Aug. 2025
The top three automakers are badly losing a race for the future to BYD and other Chinese electric vehicle companies — their big investments in EVs having been sandbagged by this year’s about-face from supportive government policies to deliberately destructive ones.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
Their erasure was not only physical but historical, deliberately left out of textbooks and maps.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliberately
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Hire early, hire intentionally—and train people into your culture before they’re thrown into chaos. 4.—
Aleksandr Zemel,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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As civilians, intentionally targeting members of the press is a war crime.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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Companies behind massively popular games like Roblox, Fortnite, and Minecraft are facing litigation from parents who claim makers purposely design games to encourage addictive behavior in players.—
Sponsored Content,
Denver Post,
22 Aug. 2025
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There's even been reports from several people in NFL circles since the draft that have claimed the NFL purposely told teams not to draft Sanders.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Deliberately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliberately. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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