- present tense form of deliberate (3rd person singular).
deliberates
Example Sentences
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And so, I think there has to be both a change to the way the Senate deliberates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
The Fed is considering this scenario as it deliberates the future of monetary policy.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
Deciding what to do, Cinnamon deliberates with everyone — her husband, her best friend, her minister, the infant she names Bluebell and, of course, herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
"Judges routinely give a 'clean up' instruction before a jury deliberates, telling them not to construe anything the court says as evidence, or as a suggestion of what their verdict should be," she tweeted.
From Salon ● May 1, 2023
The poet, as well as the woman, that deliberates, is undone.
From Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution by Waller, Alfred Rayney
