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 Ohio jury deliberated for just two hours Tuesday following a week of trial testimony. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026 The jury deliberated for less than three hours before returning its unanimous verdict after a two-week trial. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026 The jury deliberated for nearly 2 1/2 hours before reaching a verdict Tuesday afternoon. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 Jury members deliberated for just one hour before returning the guilty verdict Thursday after a three-day trial. — Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 The verdict in the death of Wilver Blanco came after jurors deliberated for a little more than four hours over two days. — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 Before the jury deliberated, Justice Dewey summarized the case, controversially favoring Lizzie’s innocence while citing her character and involvement in her church. — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026 Jurors deliberated for five and a half hours before reaching their decision, according to the district attorney's office. — CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 Lindsay Clancy's first trial stretched on for six weeks of testimony and jurors deliberated for more than 38 hours. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliberated
  1. pondered
  2. debated
  3. contemplated
  4. considered
  5. entertained
  6. studied
  7. questioned
  8. weighed
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  • It might be pondered, for example, by people who love pets, consider the ethics of eating meat, or worry about the biosphere.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026
  • For more than a year, industry stakeholders in Georgia and the rest of the country have pondered how public policy could help jolt the film industry in the United States.
    — Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of pondered
Verb
  • Egyptologists have long debated whether the earliest pharaohs of the First Dynasty were buried with various servants and officials to serve them in the afterlife—a form of human sacrifice.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
  • As in the thriller, anxious local leaders debated whether publicizing the peril would scare off tourists.
    — Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of debated
Verb
  • Nvidia and other chipmakers fell more than 3% as investors contemplated the possibility that frontier labs could deliberately slow model development, and thus the massive infrastructure buildout thus far designed to support it.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
  • At the southern tip of Key Biscayne, where Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic meet, developers had contemplated ambitious projects for what is now Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of contemplated
Verb
  • Virginia’s 5th is not normally considered a competitive district.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The location is along the Burke-Gilman trail next to Lake Union, and is considered the trail’s access point for runners and bikers.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of considered
Verb
  • Less than 30 minutes by car to both Bath and Bristol, there’s plenty to keep all ages entertained, but perhaps the best thing to do is to enjoy the tranquility of the home’s river views before venturing out for dinner in a nearby pub.
    — Katie Silcox, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Onboard the 2,713-passenger Disney Magic, you’ll be entertained throughout the cruise with Broadway-caliber shows, a 212-foot-long drop slide, fireworks at sea, and more.
    — Megan duBois, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of entertained
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  • New discoveries at an ancient site in Greece are revealing the remains of a sprawling royal complex where young Macedonians studied and trained — offering new clues about a school tied to one of history's most legendary rulers.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Researchers at England’s Oxford University studied every Olympics between 1960 and 2016 and found that every single one of them went over budget, by an average of roughly 150% to 170%.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of studied
Verb
  • The deal is a way to repair relationships between the agency and west Charlotte residents who have questioned NCDOT’s communication and transparency on the multi-billion dollar toll lane project.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Prosecutors questioned the schizophrenia diagnosis and pointed out that suffering from mental illness is not the same as meeting the legal standard of insanity.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of questioned
Verb
  • Each item is individually photographed, tested, and weighed, with the information recorded as part of the customer’s inventory.
    — Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
  • However, market moves were kept in check as traders also weighed the latest employment data out of ADP.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of weighed

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“Deliberated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliberated. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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