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How to use the word -thought-out in a Sentence?

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If I become your friend, it's because I recognize a quality in you that I admire and aspire to possess. So, know that our friendship isn't a coincidence; it was well thought out. I made a deliberate choice to learn and grow from your influence in my life.

Christen Kuikoua

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1 month ago

What I said was ill-thought-out, and I make no defence for it, but I will clarify that the term used is one that has widely and historically been used colloquially in Brazilian Portuguese as a synonym for ‘guy’ or ‘person’ and was never intended to offend.

Nelson Piquet

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I thought I had a good routine, I thought it was consistent, I thought it was repeatable, but it was anything but that, it was extremely inconsistent, it was not thought out, it did not allow me to play at my best nor did it give me confidence and consistency shot-to-shot.

Zach Johnson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This was a thought-out, planned course of action, ignorance is not a defense in this case.

Francine Donnorummo

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I just told my husband, I said, 'Call it mother's intuition.' I just want to see if he's OK,' i pulled up the app. I picked it up right when the lead teacher was assaulting the first victim. It was intentional. It was thought out. It was malicious … these are defenseless little kids. Empty classroom or lecture hall (iStock).

Gloria Barghi

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The reality is that the bill we voted on last week wasn't really about Ukrainian aid, ukrainian aid was a little bit of sugar on the larger medicine of a $ 1.5 trillion bill that nobody would actually want to go home and defend to the voters and to the taxpayers of America was well thought-out.

Ben Sasse

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If anything, this conflict has exposed our lack of a viable counter-strategy to Putin's well-thought-out plan, we’re grasping at straws right now.

Rebekah Koffler

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I didn't take it as a profound, sort of long, thought-out strategy, he was looking at options because at that point, he was holding the president responsible.

Steny Hoyer

Found on CNN
2 years ago

From what we understand, it does depend on what district you are in. The district should have very well thought-out outbreak plans that have included the voices of educators and parents and community members in the crafting of those plans, and they should have plans that follow the CDC recommendations, our recommendation to all students and school districts is to follow the medical experts and follow the CDC.

Kim Anderson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Miguel Diaz-Canel is not the fruit of improvisation but a thought-out selection of a young revolutionary with the conditions to be promoted to superior offices.

Raul Castro

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I think this is a careful, thought-out plan. Now, there are questions that remain. I’m happy to let you know that the administration has agreed to a classified briefing for all senators which we’ll have shortly so questions can be answered, you want to make sure that this Sept. 11 date is ... a date that sticks and it’s not kicking the can down the road.

Chuck Schumer

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

The discretion is given to the governors. They know their states, the mayors know their cities, so you want to give them a little wiggle room. But my recommendation is, you know, don't wiggle too much. Try as best as you can to abide by the guidelines that were very well thought out, and very well delineated, some of them are doing that, but others are taking a bit of a chance.

Anthony Fauci

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The laws were well thought out and... should not be repealed, we can't kill the 'goose that lays the golden eggs' of the agricultural industry.

Oscar Pereyra

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Above all, Alice Rivlin forged a commitment to providing objective, nonpartisan information to help Congressional Budget Office make e?ective budget and economic policy, and Alice Rivlin commitment to high-quality analysis, well thought out and clearly presented, continues to be a guiding principle of CBO.

Keith Hall

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It’s very flattering that other people have put the thought out there. I’m not putting it out there.

Preet Bharara

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Ninety-five percent of my work is being mayor, but that 5 % that nags at all of us — of what's going wrong in this country — I think is best thought out not in your own head, but by getting out there, being out there, and listening to Americans.

Eric Garcetti

Found on CNN
6 years ago

It was a celebration and a reason for their staff and friends to have a party more than anything else, but it was certainly well-executed and thought out, it wasn't a drop-of-a-hat type event, it was all about just having an opportunity to reward the staff, an excuse to get together and celebrate and have a good group. It wasn't really political.

Bob Scanlan

Found on CNN
6 years ago

We all have private views about the merits of individual candidates, i have no doubt that the American people will come to a wise and well thought-out decision when they vote later this year.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Even as government of India is conscious of the need to spur innovation and protect individual rights, it retains the sovereign right to utilize the flexibilities provided in the international (IP rights) regime, it may be noted that to date, there has been only one case of compulsory license in India and that too after a well-thought out and laid down process, which was subsequently upheld right up to the highest Court of the land.

Commerce Ministry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Even as government of India is conscious of the need to spur innovation and protect individual rights, it retains the sovereign right to utilize the flexibilities provided in the international (IP rights) regime, it may be noted that to date, there has been only one case of compulsory licence in India and that too after a well-thought out and laid down process, which was subsequently upheld right up to the highest Court of the land.

Commerce Ministry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We do believe this was a well-planned, well-thought out escape.

Orange County Lt. Jeff Hallock

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We will wait until Congress has definitely said no to a well-thought-out plan with numbers attached to it, before we say anything definitive about my executive authority here.

President Obama

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The night before, prepare as much as you possibly can. Get that anxiety out of the way so your guests don't feel and see that, and then the next day, you can compile all these well-thought-out flavors that you've put a lot of love and care into (making), but it looks effortless when they show up.

Kellie Thorn

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Investors tend to be more supportive of well thought out transformational deals, and expect management teams and boards to have done their homework before coming to market with large-scale acquisitions.

Dag Skattum

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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