How to Use deliberation in a Sentence

deliberation

noun
  • After hours of deliberation, the council came to a decision.
  • She spoke to the audience with clarity and deliberation.
  • Jury deliberations lasted two days.
  • Starting Wednesday, the power will shift from the lawyers at the lectern to the jurors in the deliberation room.
    Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 28 May 2024
  • But deliberations over what the new plaque should say have been charged.
    Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The judge then ordered the jury to resume deliberations in what is known as an Allen charge.
    Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • But after about two hours of deliberation, a jury found Sams, 34, not guilty of all charges this week.
    Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
  • As the deliberations dragged on, some in Trump’s orbit had become convinced that the case had stalled and that charges might never be brought.
    Jill Colvin, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
  • As the deliberations dragged on, some in Trump's orbit had become convinced that the case had stalled and that charges might never be brought.
    Jill Colvin, ajc, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The documents that the Senate released detail the deliberations over when and how to announce the deal.
    Kevin Draper, New York Times, 11 July 2023
  • The split verdict was reached on Monday after almost five hours of deliberations over the course of three days.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 18 Dec. 2023
  • What was the deliberation process of deciding which 50 made the final cut?
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2023
  • The judge is then expected to charge the jury on Tuesday, followed by the start of deliberations.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 7 May 2023
  • There are new time limits on managers’ deliberations on whether to challenge calls on the field, too.
    Alva Noë, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The verdict was announced in a federal courtroom in New York City on the first day of deliberations.
    Larry Neumeister, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023
  • In two days of deliberations, the jurors have sent three requests to Judge Merchan.
    Matthew Haag, New York Times, 30 May 2024
  • After a few days of deliberation, late Monday it was ordered that the building would be taken down all the same.
    Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2024
  • On Tuesday, the jurors are to begin deliberations after the judge, Lewis A. Kaplan, instructs them on the law.
    Karen Zraick, New York Times, 8 May 2023
  • The House had passed its version just days before, and the Senate began its deliberations.
    Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 27 Mar. 2024
  • After a few hours of deliberation, the jury reached a verdict.
    Cameron Rubner, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • But both experts said five or six days of deliberations on a civil case of this size is reasonable.
    Melissa Chan, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The verdict came after two days of deliberations, finding Trump guilty on all counts.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 30 May 2024
  • Now starting to run behind, the trial was set to end on July 19 for the jury to go into deliberations.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 July 2024
  • A day of divisive deliberations saw anger and emotion boil over at times.
    Hannah Schoenbaum, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The jury of six men and six women indicated on the first day of deliberations it was deadlocked.
    Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2024
  • The verdict was reached by a six-person jury after roughly over four hours of deliberation spread across three days.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Two of the legislators who are part of the current state budget deliberations say there will be no rubber stamps.
    John Sharp | , al, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The verdict by the nine jurors was reached after less that two hours of deliberation following a three-week trial.
    Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2023
  • After a nine-day trial and more than 21 hours of deliberations, a jury of eight women and four men remained deadlocked on all six counts.
    Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The specifics of this system will require further deliberation and rulemaking.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 July 2024

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