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.
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But being faced with a new choice will cause all sorts of deliberation.
— Roger Martin, Fortune, 7 July 2022 -
The chief justice speaks for the high court and the rest of the state’s judiciary and presides over oral arguments and deliberation meetings.
— From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022 -
Peter Van Sant: What was going through your mind as the jury begins its deliberation?
— Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2024 -
Two of the jurors selected for trial are alternates and will be dismissed once deliberations begin.
— Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 15 Oct. 2024 -
After about two hours of deliberation, a jury found Thompkins guilty of murder and three counts of felonious assault in May.
— Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 30 June 2022 -
The law, while potentially frustrating, adds transparency and deliberation to the rule-making process.
— Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2022 -
Typos on the verdict form compelled jurors to briefly return to the deliberation room to correct and sign them while attorneys, reporters and others waited in the courtroom.
— Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2022 -
Shortly after beginning their second day of deliberation, jurors returned with their verdict, rejecting the idea that the killing had been a spur-of-the-moment act of passion.
— James Queallystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2022 -
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 -
After careful deliberation, one of the first images that OpenAI prompted was a doughnut made of porcupine quills.
— Laura Lane, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022 -
Ask some of the people who’ve worked with or played alongside Judge and Ohtani, and the answer has more deliberation.
— Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022 -
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, ajc, 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, BostonGlobe.com, 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 -
The judge's ruling came on the fifth day of deliberations and after a nine-week trial in a courthouse outside Boston.
— Antonio Planas, NBC News, 22 July 2024 -
The trial lasted eight days and the jurors rendered a guilty verdict after four and a half hours of deliberation.
— Rebekah Riess, CNN, 8 Dec. 2022 -
After some deliberation on how to handle the situation, Santry eventually decided to call the police.
— Jordan Greene, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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