deliberate
adjective
carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional.
are deliberating
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present progressiveof deliberate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“Execs are deliberating over details; announcement pending. Meanwhile, McDaniel is seeking legal representation,” Byers tweeted on Tuesday.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2024
New Yorkers are deliberating a potential five-mile-long wall across New York Harbor.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
Jurors are deliberating in the high-profile defamation case that has been fought for over a month between actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in the US state of Virginia.
From BBC ● May 31, 2022
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Jurors are deliberating the fate of the three White men accused of killing 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery last year, a case that stoked nationwide outrage and scrutiny of the criminal justice system.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021
They are deliberating, but I am in despair to see nothing come of their deliberations; every one is greatly alarmed.
From The Story of Versailles by Francis Loring Payne
