deliberate
Example Sentences
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We therefore need to be cautious about interpreting every fossil groove as deliberate toothpicking.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
"This attack is a grave assault on the constitutional rights of Somali citizens and a deliberate attempt to suppress peaceful assembly," he added.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
“It is clear to me that his approach was deliberate, calculated and aggressive, which is deeply alarming,” Carpenter wrote in the request.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
“I think it was a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize accurate reporting,” Alfonsi told the New York Times of her firing.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
As I look back, everything I did seems curiously deliberate, though it certainly did not seem deliberate then.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing deliberate
The Crucible
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