under consideration

1. Being thought about or discussed, as in Your application is under consideration; we'll let you know next week. This idiom was first recorded in 1665.

Example Sentences

Other bailouts are under consideration.

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Even when your application status gets mysteriously changed from “received” to “under consideration,” any forward motion in ATS purgatory is usually an illusion.

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McVey, a former work and pensions secretary, said Reform UK's promise to scrap the two-child benefit cap, a policy backed by the Lib Dems and also under consideration by Labour, could leave the Tories as the only main party pushing to keep the limit in place.

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Other options under consideration include limiting additional benefits to three or four children, the newspaper reported.

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The measure has been under consideration for years but has been put off because of the cost-of-living crisis.

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Related Words

• contemporary 
• modern