under consideration
idiom
: being thought about and discussed
Her suggestion is still under consideration by the committee.
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There are two bills currently under consideration in the Minnesota Legislature – HF 4745 and SF 4778 -- but the governor's office told local media the bills would not likely pass this year.
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2024
Decisions will be made by unelected and unaccountable judges whose expertise lies in the law, not in the technical matters under consideration, and whose process of decision-making will be far less transparent than required under the Administrative Procedure Act.
—David Blumenthal and Sara Rosenbaum, STAT, 6 Aug. 2024
The event program listed several arts categories that were under consideration.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
Howard County received more than 200 submissions suggesting designs for a new county flag to replace its 56-year-old one.
Between April 1 and June 30, designs were submitted to the 19-member Howard County Flag Commission, and from those, 184 are now under consideration.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2024
Decisions will be made by unelected and unaccountable judges whose expertise lies in the law, not in the technical matters under consideration, and whose process of decision-making will be far less transparent than required under the Administrative Procedure Act.
—David Blumenthal and Sara Rosenbaum, STAT, 6 Aug. 2024
The event program listed several arts categories that were under consideration.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
Howard County received more than 200 submissions suggesting designs for a new county flag to replace its 56-year-old one.
Between April 1 and June 30, designs were submitted to the 19-member Howard County Flag Commission, and from those, 184 are now under consideration.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
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“Under consideration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20consideration. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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