as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
deliberately chose to break the rules
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Cam Linke, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
That dynamic prompted Speaker Adams and scores of her Democratic colleagues to accuse the mayor earlier this year of deliberately launching his commission to stifle their initiative.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
Authorities believe Mangione, who allegedly fled the scene on an bicycle through Central Park before escaping the city, deliberately targeted Thompson.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Psychologist Daniel Kahneman identified two broad ways of thinking; using our fast, unconscious, gut reactions, or going slowly and deliberately through a problem.
—David Spiegelhalter, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2024
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Cam Linke, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
That dynamic prompted Speaker Adams and scores of her Democratic colleagues to accuse the mayor earlier this year of deliberately launching his commission to stifle their initiative.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
Authorities believe Mangione, who allegedly fled the scene on an bicycle through Central Park before escaping the city, deliberately targeted Thompson.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Psychologist Daniel Kahneman identified two broad ways of thinking; using our fast, unconscious, gut reactions, or going slowly and deliberately through a problem.
—David Spiegelhalter, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Deliberately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliberately. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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