DELIBERATED Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

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 The umpires deliberated, then crew chief Chris Guccione spoke separately with Blue Jays manager John Schneider and Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy. — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2026 The central bank has kept rates on hold all year as officials deliberated next steps with inflation remaining well above the Fed's 2% target. — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026 The jury deliberated for fewer than two hours before returning the guilty verdicts in March. — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 July 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliberated

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In a July 2025 text chain, an agent pondered whether facial recognition tools could be used to identify people on TikTok who admitted to being in the country illegally.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
In a July interview with Rolling Stone, Foreman pondered why his story went viral.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2026

Definition of pondered

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Over 30 hours, Reagan and Gorbachev fiercely debated in an effort to bring peace and the end of the Cold War.

— Barry Levitt, Time, 14 Aug. 2026
Inside Kalshi, employees have debated the usefulness of mention markets, with Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara especially championing them, according to the former Kalshi staffer.

— Bobby Allyn, NPR, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of debated

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As a result, every year thousands of students who had contemplated teaching or pharmacy or public service become accidental financiers.

— Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
But the revolt imperiled Infantino, as Europe contemplated replacing him with Nasser Al-Khelaifi, a hugely influential figure in European club soccer.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of contemplated

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But the race started to take a completely different shape in July, when Crowley dropped his bid and threw his support behind Rodriguez, who was considered more of an establishment candidate.

— Caroline Linton, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
This history means Yellowstone is considered active rather than extinct.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of considered

Verb

Disneyland will invite longtime fans to take a nostalgic trip down memory lane next year with a fireworks show, parade and nighttime spectacular that entertained visitors over the past two decades.

— Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2026
The idea is one of extension, of continuing the thread of modernity, of constantly making new again and again—maintaining continuity against so many distractions, ignoring the jewelry-rattlers who want to be entertained in the fancy theatah.

— Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of entertained

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After graduating from Proviso West High School, Norris studied at Triton College while working as a secretary.

— Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
To scientists, the idea that the link between vaccines and autism simply hasn’t been studied enough – as Kennedy often claims – is astounding.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of studied

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Skeptics have questioned whether graphics processing units (GPUs) can support this type of financing because the chips have historically been viewed as rapidly depreciating technology.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026
So when Lahn came to his farm last week, Burrack questioned him on his approach to agriculture.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

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