deliberate
adjective
carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional.
had deliberated
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past perfectof deliberate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The panel of seven women and five men first retired last week and had deliberated over four days.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Congress had deliberated for weeks before a majority in favor of independence became a unanimous vote, setting the stage for the next step.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
They had deliberated around four hours, a good spell on a case that had only two witnesses and a video of the alleged assault that prosecutors played repeatedly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
The jurors had deliberated for almost eight days, and with the panel still deadlocked the judge in the case, Leonie M. Brinkema of the U.S.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
He asked them how long they had deliberated before they bought what they bought.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
