as in pondering
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 deliberating
Texas and Missouri have already passed new maps; Indiana's lawmakers are deliberating whether to pursue redistricting.
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Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 1 Oct. 2025
However, Snitker said that after deliberating on his choice and meeting with team officials this week, the decision was made not to return.
—David O'Brien, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
In August 2024, per The New York Times, a jury convicted Lorincz of manslaughter after deliberating for only two hours.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 24 Sep. 2025
Right now, celebrity judges Kristin Davis, Shawn Johnson East, and the hosts of CBS Mornings, along with judges from PEOPLE and the PEDIGREE® Brand, are deliberating over which dog will be the grand prize winner.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
In their verdict after about three hours of deliberating, the jurors found the hate-crime enhancement false.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2025
The plaintiffs’ attorneys want assurance from the judge that jurors will only be asked to decide whether Xcel was responsible for the entire Marshall fire rather than deliberating whether the utility is to blame for damage or destruction at every specific property involved in the lawsuit.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
The court requires 12 deliberating jurors and four alternates.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Ye said her company was planning to suspend shipments to the US and still deliberating whether to give up on the US market entirely.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 1 Oct. 2025
However, Snitker said that after deliberating on his choice and meeting with team officials this week, the decision was made not to return.
—David O'Brien, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
In August 2024, per The New York Times, a jury convicted Lorincz of manslaughter after deliberating for only two hours.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 24 Sep. 2025
Right now, celebrity judges Kristin Davis, Shawn Johnson East, and the hosts of CBS Mornings, along with judges from PEOPLE and the PEDIGREE® Brand, are deliberating over which dog will be the grand prize winner.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
In their verdict after about three hours of deliberating, the jurors found the hate-crime enhancement false.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2025
The plaintiffs’ attorneys want assurance from the judge that jurors will only be asked to decide whether Xcel was responsible for the entire Marshall fire rather than deliberating whether the utility is to blame for damage or destruction at every specific property involved in the lawsuit.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
The court requires 12 deliberating jurors and four alternates.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Ye said her company was planning to suspend shipments to the US and still deliberating whether to give up on the US market entirely.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliberating
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Instead, the Mets are back to square one, pondering a new kind of disappointment.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Over a mashup of fiddles and guitars, Tod and Jennings blend their rough-hewn voices on a song about consequences for older vices and choices, pondering when the consequences of those actions outweigh the vices themselves.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
29 Sep. 2025
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Now, Brown is losing followers, other creators are weighing in, and another Hannah Brown is contemplating ways to distance herself from the whole thing.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
27 Sep. 2025
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In a Fox Business interview, Carr mentioned that the FTC is contemplating broadening its click-to-cancel rulemaking, asserting his disagreement with the previous administration’s approach to establishing the rule.—
Jordan Green,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Sep. 2025
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On Sept 5, 2024, a year before his death, Charlie Kirk was debating at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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The effect is to infuse the story with an undeniable and knowing nostalgia; how quaint, at Alma’s party, to find everyone debating matters of representational consequence.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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Euro zone inflation picks up pace European investors are considering various data releases on Wednesday.—
Tasmin Lockwood,Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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But doing just that could prove difficult, considering the litany of injuries the team is dealing with on the offensive side of the ball.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Saved by Geometry In the early 2000s, Alexander Postnikov, a mathematician at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was studying a geometric object known as the positive Grassmannian.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
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By studying lake sediments, soil layers, and nearby landforms, researchers determined the ancient lake’s size and shape and how the climate changed.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Oct. 2025
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The club’s former general manager Pierpaolo Marino then poured fuel on the fire by questioning whether Scott McTominay should have been pushed out to the left of midfield to make way for summer arrival De Bruyne.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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He also was sought for questioning in a child abuse case, Ferrell said.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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In a conversation with Entertainment Weekly about reuniting with Home Improvement costar Tim Allen, 72, on Shifting Gears, Dunning recalled overhearing Allen entertaining the idea of bringing Pamela Anderson back to the series in some capacity.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Senate Democrats have discussed offering shorter-term funding proposals in the event of a government shutdown, but Republicans aren’t entertaining anything beyond their initial plan right now.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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The unexpected September hit that broke anime movie records has Hollywood weighing future releases of what some consider a niche genre.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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And so a judge is weighing that and the guidelines specifically allow for conduct not considered in the guidelines.—
Tracy Wright , Lauryn Overhultz , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Deliberating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliberating. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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