How to Use deed in a Sentence
- He gave them the deed to the property.
- The land was transferred by deed.
- They taught their children to be kind and to do good deeds.
- News of their heroic deeds spread far and wide.
- It's too late now. The deed is done.
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From the word, springs the deed.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
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From the word, springs the deed.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2026
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Does my wife now own this lot with just a quit claim deed?
—Christopher A. Combs, AZCentral.com, 9 Dec. 2025
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Here's what deed theft is, and what to know about the case.
—Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
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Good goals do not excuse dodgy deeds.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
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King and his deeds will live on through time as what is best in mankind.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024
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The process to get these deeds back in the right hands is not quick or easy.
—Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 24 June 2026
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That’s what often is at the root of sports and good deeds.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
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For the scammers, deed theft is just a way to make a quick buck.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Without the Gods, what great deeds now fall to us?
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
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Do a good deed and return it to its proper home.
—Jenny McCoy, Outside, 2 Jan. 2026
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The night is used for reflection, prayer and good deeds.
—Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 10 Feb. 2026
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Try doing small helpful deeds in your day-to-day as well.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 15 May 2026
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Consider this your first good-deed of the year!
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
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There’s turning back up until the deed is done.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
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Talk about not doing good deeds for the sake of the spotlight.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 18 Mar. 2026
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The looks, the deeds, the loyalty and even the anger.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 20 May 2026
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He was awarded the Navy Cross for these deeds.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
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In the past, these deeds have lived at the back of a brief or buried at the bottom of a web page.
—Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
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Of those who did, nearly half did the deed on Tuesday.
—Meg Walters, Glamour, 10 Feb. 2026
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But not all of his good deeds were broadcast on social media.
—Morgan Chesky, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
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There are no deeds listed yet for a new purchase under their name.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 3 Mar. 2026
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The church has spread goodwill and good deeds to other countries as well.
—Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
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The deeds and transactions were signed by Kemp, records show.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 6 June 2026
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The deeds and transactions were signed by Kemp, records show.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 June 2026
- She deeded the house to her children.
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One is to sell the house; the other, to deed the place back to your lender.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
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The prisons would be deeded to the state when the debt is paid off.
—Mike Cason | [email protected], AL.com, 15 May 2017
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Classic palindromes include radar, kayak, madam, deed and refer, and there is a lengthy list of these.
—Norman B. Gildin, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2023
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The first step would see the school district deed the land for the project to the city, Morgan explained.
—Laurinda Joenks, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2022
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In turn, the school district’s legal counsel would prepare the sale agreement and deed.
—Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2020
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And yet, the land trust still managed to deed houses, fundraise, and protect the occupants of its homes.
—Wes Enzinna, Harper’s Magazine , 5 Jan. 2023
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It was deeded to a trust, for which the developer is listed as the trustee, six years ago, public records show.
—Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com, 24 May 2018
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Morrison built the park at his own expense, then deeded it to the city in 1959.
—Dana Oland, idahostatesman, 21 May 2018
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Changes in staffing have slowed the process of reviewing the use for the land and then deeding it to the township, officials said.
—Cincinnati.com, 31 Oct. 2019
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Large sections of land that have deed disputes with Park City would remain open space for the time being.
—Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2020
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The scammer convinces the homeowner to deed the property over to a third party.
—Leah Napoliello, Houston Chronicle, 1 Aug. 2020
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The first sale was in May; the property was deeded over to someone else the following month.
—Cary Spivak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2017
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But the city appealed and the parties reached a settlement when the Van de Walles agreed to deed the land to the city.
—Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 10 May 2021
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Will this mean the administration will hold Iran accountable in word and deed?
—Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 26 Feb. 2021
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The village site and burial grounds extend far beyond the limits of the property deeded to the tribe.
—Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, 30 June 2017
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That year, Thomas Davis deeded 43 acres in her memory to create the city’s first park.
—Dana Oland, idahostatesman, 9 June 2017
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It was deeded to his ex-wife in 2009 following the couple's divorce, records show.
—Jack Flemming, latimes.com, 5 June 2018
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Property records also show the house was deeded to a new owner in June 2013.
—Kristina Pritchett, The Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2019
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He was married in mid-July, according to Cass County deeds records.
—Max Londberg and Kaitlyn Schwers, kansascity, 14 Sep. 2017
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The building was torn down in 2015, and the city of Aurora deeded the land over to the park district.
—Linda Girardi, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2017
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The burdens that deed fraud victims face My first encounter with deed fraud came in July 2023.
—Donovan McCarty, The Conversation, 22 June 2026
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These are just some of the cases of NYC deed theft cases that have been prosecuted in recent years.
—Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
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Mamdani vowed during his campaign to commit $10 million to deed theft prevention.
—Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
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When the fields were completed the league deeded the land to Harris County, which is now Klein Park.
—Alvaro Montano, Houston Chronicle, 13 July 2019
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Projects deed restricting a quarter of units at 80% of AMI will be open to the incentives.
—Mark Dee march 12, Idaho Statesman, 12 Mar. 2026
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Alamo Beer owner Eugene Simor built the brewery on the south side of the bridge and deeded the land to Meyer.
—Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Mar. 2018
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The property was originally deeded over to the park district through the Jack Pfund estate.
—Linda Girardi, Aurora Beacon-News, 15 Mar. 2018
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The land had been deeded to the Benavides family as part of a Spanish land grant in 1767.
—Molly Hennessy-Fiske, latimes.com, 30 Apr. 2018
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Penn deeded the property to Adam Stedham, who in 1684 built a two-room, stone home, Lassen wrote.
—USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2017
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