deliberating

Example Sentences

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The council responsible for choosing his successor is struck while deliberating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The two-week trial in Los Angeles federal court concluded with the jury deliberating for nearly two days.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

“The Board has been deliberating on this issue since the end of that stakeholder process,” Shields said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 17, 2026

Four days later the case settled while the jury was deliberating.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

After deliberating for three days, the nine-member jury finds Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt, and David Herold guilty.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly