as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
deliberately chose to break the rules
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Recent Examples of deliberately
The relationship between the two was left particularly frosty after an exchange last year in Qatar, where Russell claimed Verstappen threatened to deliberately crash into him.
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Luke Smith, New York Times, 2 June 2025
An initial study confirmed that deliberately breathing carbon monoxide boosted EPO.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 2 June 2025
Prosecutors allege that Patterson, who has pleaded not guilty to all charges, deliberately laced the beef dish with lethal mushrooms, after seeing their location posted on a public website.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 2 June 2025
The festival was deliberately planned for the barren weeks in June after college students left and before the summer concert and festival season kicked in.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
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Luke Smith, New York Times, 2 June 2025
An initial study confirmed that deliberately breathing carbon monoxide boosted EPO.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 2 June 2025
Prosecutors allege that Patterson, who has pleaded not guilty to all charges, deliberately laced the beef dish with lethal mushrooms, after seeing their location posted on a public website.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 2 June 2025
The festival was deliberately planned for the barren weeks in June after college students left and before the summer concert and festival season kicked in.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliberately
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For these reasons, intentionally creating buffer time can be a great solution.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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His month culminated in the Los Angeles Angels’ twice intentionally walking him in the first three innings Saturday.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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Read's defense claims he was left to die by local cops, who then purposely bungled the investigation as part of a cover up.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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The Four Horsemen purposely placed the money in Bradley's car so he would be framed and arrested.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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“Deliberately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliberately. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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