as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
she consciously chose to take the more dangerous route down the mountain
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Were officials intentionally looking the other way?—
Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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The fact is, all companies have a culture, whether it is created intentionally and clearly articulated or not.—
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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.—
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Are people allowed to observe that the literary world is deliberately sidelining a certain demographic of writer -- and to do something about it?—
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“Consciously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consciously. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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