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deliberative

[dih-lib-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv] / dɪˈlɪb ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv /


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Ben Sasse: We have a more populous body, but we’re supposed to have a more deliberative body.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

And so, to me, a lot of friends in the Senate, a lot of well-meaning people, the Senate is aspirationally the world’s greatest deliberative body, and it should be that, but it’s not that.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

There are, however, still tangible benefits to this deliberative approach.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

But deliberative democracy also shapes the way all neighbors or citizens treat each other, whether on the street or at the dinner table.

From Salon • Sep. 17, 2025

In the midst of the pandemonium Gershom Bulkeley quietly reached for the copybook, studied it carefully, and turned a shrewd, deliberative eye upon Kit.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare




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