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deliberates

  • present tense form of deliberate (3rd person singular).

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And so, I think there has to be both a change to the way the Senate deliberates.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

The Fed is considering this scenario as it deliberates the future of monetary policy.

From Barron's Feb. 24, 2026

Individual states have taken actions intending to stop online danger for children as Congress deliberates.

From Washington Times Jun. 30, 2023

Deciding what to do, Cinnamon deliberates with everyone — her husband, her best friend, her minister, the infant she names Bluebell and, of course, herself.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2023

Not to mention:— “The woman who deliberates is lost,” And the eternal:— “Plato, thou reasonest well,” which avenges, perhaps, on the public their neglect of the play!

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George