DELIBERATES Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

deliberates

verb

Definition of deliberates next

present tense third-person singular of deliberate

as in ponders

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 deliberates The region is also gaining more executives as California deliberates over a 5% wealth tax on residents with a net worth exceeding $1 billion. —

Samantha Subin, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026 As long as each person is usually right and the community deliberates systematically on the basis of reason and evidence, the resulting consensus will be the best that can be achieved within the limits of current knowledge. —

Micah Altman, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2026 The jury deliberates in private. —

Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025 The peace prize committee deliberates in secret for months before coming up with a shortlist and narrowing it down to pick the winner. —

Kate Bartlett, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025 The Ninth Circuit did not consider the strength of either side's legal argument, only issuing a stay to minimize harm while the court deliberates. —

Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025

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As coach John Hynes ponders his Game 1 starter, the recent numbers will show that Wallstedt has allowed a total of four goals in his final two regular-season starts, while veteran Filip Gustavsson has been touched for 10 in the same span.

— Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 15 Apr. 2026
While Heinrich ponders the misfiring neurons in the brain of a mass shooter, Jack’s pursuit of Mink—a character whose skin color and ambiguous ethnicity Jack remarks on repeatedly—leads him directly into the urban teeth of the War on Drugs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026