have deliberated
- present perfect of deliberate.
Example Sentences
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Five male and seven female jurors have deliberated for three days over whether to find Weinstein guilty of rape and criminal sex acts.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2025
They have deliberated more than 20 hours since getting the case March 8.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
Since the 1990s, Social Security officials have deliberated over how to revise the list of occupations to reflect jobs that actually exist in the modern economy, according to audits and interviews.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2022
In many cases publications have deliberated exactly what to call these lies, oftentimes settling for euphemisms like “unconfirmed accusations” and “demonstrable falsehoods.”
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2018
It was this hall, badly arranged, however, for a meeting where we could have deliberated, which had been the hall of the Roysin Club.
From The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Hugo, Victor