as in pondered
to give serious and careful thought to
the jury deliberated the case for three days before returning a verdict
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Recent Examples of deliberated
Jurors deliberated for approximately 90 minutes before reaching their decision.
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Nikiya Carrero,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
The jury deliberated for more than an hour.
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Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
Jurors deliberated for three days before reaching the partial verdict.
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Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
The new indictments come as legal teams for both Jones and Dowling are in the process of seeking acquittals from Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross after evidence presented at a six-week trial in Akron failed in March to lead to unanimity among jurors, who deliberated for nine days.
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ABC News,
4 June 2026
After Schumer proposed the first amendment to ban the fund Thursday morning, the Senate came to a standstill as three key Republican senators deliberated.
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Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
The jury deliberated for less than six hours over the course of two days, from March 25 to March 26, 2025, in Rice's case.
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Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
Jurors in the trial deliberated throughout the day Tuesday without reaching a verdict.
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City News Service,
Daily News,
3 June 2026
After a two-week trial, the jury deliberated for an hour and a half before reaching a verdict.
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Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
Nikiya Carrero,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
The jury deliberated for more than an hour.
—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
Jurors deliberated for three days before reaching the partial verdict.
—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
The new indictments come as legal teams for both Jones and Dowling are in the process of seeking acquittals from Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross after evidence presented at a six-week trial in Akron failed in March to lead to unanimity among jurors, who deliberated for nine days.
—
ABC News,
4 June 2026
After Schumer proposed the first amendment to ban the fund Thursday morning, the Senate came to a standstill as three key Republican senators deliberated.
—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
The jury deliberated for less than six hours over the course of two days, from March 25 to March 26, 2025, in Rice's case.
—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
Jurors in the trial deliberated throughout the day Tuesday without reaching a verdict.
—
City News Service,
Daily News,
3 June 2026
After a two-week trial, the jury deliberated for an hour and a half before reaching a verdict.
—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliberated
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Last week began in a slump as investors pondered whether memory chip maker Micron would show sustained demand in its earnings report.
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Plunkett, with the Norman Rockwell Museum, pondered whether Americans viewing the painting today would find a familiar feeling.
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Hall went north alone again in the spring of 1776 as Georgia’s patriot government, which had removed the royal governor in January and taken control of the colony, debated the priorities the colony would pursue at the Congress.
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In Egypt, certain pharaohs seemed, for reasons still debated, to tilt their own representations from the ideal to the natural.
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Nearly 50 years later, the IRS and courts are still wrestling with how that exception applies to modern entities, including LLCs, LLPs, and foreign partnership-like structures that were not contemplated when the rule was drafted.
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Cathy, a housewife, had contemplated becoming a teacher, Griffin told me.
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With campaigns and outside super PACs flooding the zone with money, television, radio and social media were awash with ads for candidates vying in deep-blue NY-12, NY-10, NY-13 and NY-7, all of which are considered up for grabs to greater or lesser degrees.
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Forsythia is considered invasive in some parts of the country1 so check your local invasive plant lists before planting.
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Fair highlights Despite the ongoing issues, the sparse number of visitors entertained themselves with interactive exhibits, like dressing up as former President George Washington or speaking with an actress portraying Betsy Ross.
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Multiple clips from the show entertained the Annecy audience, all of which carried the high energy fans would expect.
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Scientists who have studied behavior after mass traumas say, disasters can spark an outpouring of kindness and form powerful bonds between strangers.
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For Sanjay Krishnamurthi, a returning Unicorns player who studied computer science at San Jose State, Ashwin’s signing provides a new level of legitimacy to what Major League Cricket is trying to accomplish in the States.
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Riff questioned Hochman on Thursday about what legal grounds a judge had to halt a payout that the five county supervisors wanted to move forward despite the fraud allegations that first came to light in October.
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Tangipa also questioned how districts would verify eligibility while protecting employee privacy.
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Global economies have already weighed energy options beyond the Middle East, as the war in Iran has put irreversible pressure on the oil industry, according to Karen Young, a researcher at Columbia University.
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How that is playing out in terms of stylistic difference will have to be weighed by bootleg-favoring Dylanologists who are more attuned to the subtleties of band interplay.
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