as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
she consciously chose to take the more dangerous route down the mountain
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Adverb
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Were officials intentionally looking the other way?—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
22 May 2025 -
The fact is, all companies have a culture, whether it is created intentionally and clearly articulated or not.—
Michele Herlein,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
Adverb
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Prosecutors say Read deliberately hit O’Keefe, 46, outside the home a fellow cop and left him for dead in a drunken rage.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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Many couples had deliberately filed taxes separately for years to avoid having a higher combined income drive up their monthly student loan payments.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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“Consciously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consciously. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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