deliverances

noun

plural of deliverance
1
as in salvations
the saving from danger or evil the farmers prayed for deliverance from the drought

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2
as in decisions
a position arrived at after consideration the jury's deliverance shocked the courtroom

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliverances
  1. rescues
  2. decisions
  3. verdicts
  4. conclusions
  5. opinions
  6. determinations
Noun
  • The relentless rain has led to dozens of water rescues in the region and forecasters are warning of more rainfall that could be catastrophic.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • In Uvalde, officials said there had been at least two dozen water rescues.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Definition of rescues
Noun
  • The assistant secretary’s office is involved in decisions about funding next-generation vaccines against pandemic flu or other infectious disease threats.
    — Mike Stobbe, Fortune, 15 July 2026
  • Some gold ETFs directly invest in bullion kept in vaults, while others invest in shares of mining companies that tend to follow the price of gold while also being swayed by the companies’ management decisions, efficiency and financials.
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of decisions
Noun
  • Yolo County jurors in June 2025 acquitted Dominguez of second-degree murder in Breaux’s killing and failed to reach verdicts in Abou Najm’s killing and Guillory’s attack.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
  • Both prison sentence and ban have been shortened The appeals court upheld guilty verdicts for all 11 accused, including Le Pen and other party members.
    — Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of verdicts
Noun
  • Rather than accepting a single article as definitive, many readers now seek additional perspectives before forming conclusions.
    — Jeremy Fields, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • The authors of that 1996 trial were themselves cautious in their conclusions.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Definition of conclusions
Noun
  • Burpee said the expansion of the State Fair’s cannabis exhibit and lounge seems to reflect changing opinions around marijuana usage in California.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 19 July 2026
  • While the majority of classicists are embracing the spectacle of Nolan’s blockbuster, opinions start to diverge when discussing his adaptation of Homer’s language for the screenplay.
    — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of opinions
Noun
  • As a result, conversations with a practitioner about these determinations usually involve a meaningful educational component.
    — James Lange, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Some states have since created their own navigability tests to make more specific determinations.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
Definition of determinations
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