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Recent Examples of deliberately Here, things move a little more slowly and a lot more deliberately. Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2025 Democratic lawmakers accuse the DOGE initiative of deliberately sabotaging Social Security. Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025 Swatting calls are deliberately false reports intended to prompt a mass law enforcement response such as a SWAT team. Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025 This applies even in cases where the parties deliberately exclude VAT—including situations involving fraudulent intent or an attempt to conceal the transaction from tax authorities. Aleksandra Bal, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deliberately

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“Deliberately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliberately. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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