well-thought-out
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Your decision to take Social Security is a deeply personal and well-thought-out one.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
It has “all the markings of a really well-thought-out job” performed by a “professional crew,” according to Scott Andrew Selby, co-author of “Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2024
“It’s clearly motivated, because it’s not even a well-thought-out, well-developed, theologically argued position.”
From Slate • Aug. 29, 2023
I wanted to know everything that I had signed myself up for when I made a not particularly well-thought-out choice one day at the DMV.
From Salon • Jul. 14, 2023
“This is not a very well-thought-out proposal,” Babci scolded.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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