לדלג לתוכן הראשי

noun

deliberation

(usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question

In a sentence

Six example sentences with deliberation, each labelled with its topic.

  • The jury's deliberations ran into a third day, with two members still walking the room through the timeline hour by hour.

    Law

  • The committee published its deliberations in full, so readers could see which objections were raised and how each was answered.

    Politics

  • Two weeks of board deliberations produced a single page, though every line on it had been argued from four directions.

    Business

  • Aristotle held that deliberations concern only what lies in our power, since nobody debates whether the sun will rise.

    Philosophy

  • The committee's deliberations over the award ran past midnight, with two coaches arguing for the same rookie.

    Basketball

  • After long deliberations the founders chose the smaller investor, the only one who had actually used the product.

    Startups

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