deliberated

verb

past tense of deliberate
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 at his 2025 murder trial deliberated for weeks before acquitting him on one murder count and failing to reach a verdict on another murder count. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026 The jury deliberated for about six hours on Monday and eight hours on Tuesday before the mistrial was declared. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026 Difficulty reaching a unanimous verdict The jurors deliberated for nearly three days before arriving at their decision. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 30 June 2026 The jury deliberated for more than an hour. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026 The seven-person jury deliberated for about eight hours over two days before finding Banken and several of his companies civilly liable for violating the Minnesota Human Rights Act. — Andy Mannix, ProPublica, 23 June 2026 Jurors deliberated for three days before reaching the partial verdict. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 12 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliberated
  1. pondered
  2. debated
  3. contemplated
  4. considered
  5. entertained
  6. studied
  7. questioned
  8. weighed
Verb
  • SerpApi’s right to defend open web, expert says Beyond its own customers, people invested in the open web have also pondered what the impact of a Google win could be, SerpApi suggested.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
  • McElwee has often pondered the downside of essentially treating himself like a human camera, observing the world rather than fully engaging in it.
    — Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of pondered
Verb
  • Experts debated the creation of a new discipline, cyber safety engineering, to proactively manage these foreseeable hazards.
    — Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Over the last decade, Madison officials have repeatedly debated adopting the cameras.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Definition of debated
Verb
  • Same exposure, two doors, and many agreements in force today never contemplated either one.
    — Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Hebrew has been contemplated with some envy by campaigners in other societies.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of contemplated
Verb
  • The Heat are considered finalists for James, along with the Philadelphia 76ers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors and others.
    — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Whether Infantino will be considered for the role remains to be seen.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of considered
Verb
  • In Homer’s Odyssey, xenia was upheld by the king of the Phaeacians, Alcinous, who entertained the shipwrecked Odysseus and provided him with comforts as well as a ship in which to sail home to Ithaca.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026
  • These clips will keep kids entertained and maybe even teach them something.
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 17 July 2026
Definition of entertained
Verb
  • Wang, a graduate of Peking University, studied her masters degree in France before receiving her PhD from MIT in 2019.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • Wu, who studied the Walled City’s architecture in school, calls the setting a rare chance to build a mainstream action franchise around a genuinely singular piece of Hong Kong urban history.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 July 2026
Definition of studied
Verb
  • His parents and a congressional caucus questioned the results after the teen’s answers were rejected.
    — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 25 July 2026
  • Sim said the e-biker was questioned by cops for 20 minutes before being let go.
    — Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
Definition of questioned
Verb
  • At 19, Danitra Grays was grappling with postpartum depression, caring for her newborn daughter, Naiyla, and struggling with anxious thoughts that weighed heavily on her mind.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • Public survey results will be weighed alongside another, separate EU poll conducted by an independent research company.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of weighed

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