as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
deliberately chose to break the rules
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Senior leaders deliberately altered or omitted essential facts from families and coroners.
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Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Planned Parenthood said the sting videos were edited to be deliberately misleading.
—Sarah McCammon, NPR, 20 Jan. 2025
But in those 40 years, the fossil fuel industry has ramped up a campaign of misinformation and disinformation and has deliberately clouded the communication around the consequences of burning fossil fuels.
—Peter Bergen, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Many here believe that the authorities are deliberately blocking resupplies in order to force more people out of the evacuation zone.
—Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Planned Parenthood said the sting videos were edited to be deliberately misleading.
—Sarah McCammon, NPR, 20 Jan. 2025
But in those 40 years, the fossil fuel industry has ramped up a campaign of misinformation and disinformation and has deliberately clouded the communication around the consequences of burning fossil fuels.
—Peter Bergen, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Many here believe that the authorities are deliberately blocking resupplies in order to force more people out of the evacuation zone.
—Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Deliberately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliberately. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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