deliberated
Example Sentences
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I deliberated for a long time about whether to resign from my teaching job, which I’d held for three years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Jurors deliberated for four hours and eight minutes across a two-day period before returning their guilty verdicts.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Jurors deliberated for roughly nine hours before reaching a verdict Friday evening.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
A decision on the request can be deliberated and appealed.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
There was a Jack Kerouac quote their dad loved to repeat when the family deliberated weekend plans.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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