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Recent Examples of deed
Noun
The congregation voted to hand over the deed, property and assets to the Nashville Baptist Association, but with the goal to start over as a replant church in a partnership with Green Hill. Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2025 These agreements – put on a property’s deed or lease – block efforts to bring new grocery stores and pharmacies into existing spaces that could easily accommodate them. Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
The developer plans to convert the 21-story office building into a residential complex with 247 units deed restricted for families earning 30% to 80% of the area median income, or what’s considered affordable housing, at a cost just shy of $1.1 million per unit. Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2025 The fact that Russia has not eased up its attacks means that Putin is waiting to see what deeds — beyond resuming the paused arms supplies — will follow the words. The Editors, National Review, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for deed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deed
Noun
  • In a feat of logistics, the production miraculously arranged the shooting schedule so that every principal actor’s final scene on the show was also their last day of filming — something the Duffers have been freshly reliving again and again in the edit bay.
    Kate Aurthur, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
  • He has never even been attacked on social media — a feat in this day and age.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And while handing Ole Miss its first loss of the year was reason to celebrate, things got pretty somber rather quickly for the Bulldogs after learning the injury status of one of their top playmakers.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2025
  • In addition, a stranger will come to town that will shake things up for Sharon and recontextualize both her past and her present.
    Alamin Yohannes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But last year, Haitians abroad, the majority of whom live in the United States, transferred more than $4 billion home through formal channels, according to the country’s central bank.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Simply shape and divide the dough, freeze pieces on a parchment-line sheet pan until firm, and then transfer to a zip-top freezer bag.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Citing financial difficulties and a new business action plan, the IDS reduced its print production last January to seven times per semester.
    Cate Charron, IndyStar, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The Sandy Hook massacre, in which 26 people were murdered, including 20 children, generated new debate over gun violence legislation, but Congress took no action.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The dramatic imagery memorializes the successful sendoff for Starship V2, which now cedes the spotlight to its even bigger successors.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Hamas asserts control Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has maintained that the war cannot end until Hamas surrenders its weapons and cedes control of Gaza, a demand the fighters have rejected.
    Maayan Lubell, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The annotated text of the original Voting Rights Act is below, along with scholarship written about the act before and after its passage.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Removing a royal title would require an act of parliament, but the move could receive support from the government and the public with King Charles' backing, the outlet reports.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • One sentence or word can’t possibly convey the breadth of a 300-page book!
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Her hydrangeas, roses, and spruces convey a mood, an attitude.
    Grace Edquist, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That is the doing of CEO Robin Vince.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Hutch, who had taught Julia the art of visualization, had told her that the nature of anything, including cognition, was best understood in the doing.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Deed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deed. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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