1
as in feat
an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness
traditionally heroes have been celebrated for their great deeds in song and story
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2
as in thing
something done by someone
deeds always carry greater weight than words
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as in to transfer
to give over the legal possession or ownership of
the philanthropist unexpectedly deeded his entire fortune to the animal shelter
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Recent Examples of deed
Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 15 May 2026
The deed is the document that says who owns the property.
—Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2026
Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
Some of the public monies may be oriented toward middle-income housing, which could deed-restrict some of the units at a particular income level.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Try doing small helpful deeds in your day-to-day as well.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 15 May 2026
The deed is the document that says who owns the property.
—Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2026
Verb
One is to sell the house; the other, to deed the place back to your lender.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
Some of the public monies may be oriented toward middle-income housing, which could deed-restrict some of the units at a particular income level.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deed
Noun
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This journey culminated in the 2018 production at Glyndebourne, which accomplished the feat of finally reducing (most of) the London critics to abashed admiration.—
Russell Platt,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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But in February a team from Iceberg Quantum in Sydney, Australia, dramatically reduced that estimate, calculating that with careful optimization and error correction, hackers might need fewer than 100,000 qubits for the feat.—
Zeeya Merali,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Many wanted to believe that if only we could get rid of certain leaders, things would soon return to normal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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That’s probably impossible based on the rules and things like that.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
Verb
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The bright spots Saturday, at least in the early stages, was the play of the Evans defense, new quarterback Will Jackson and transfer running backs O’Ryan Hartfield, from Ocoee, and Davion Williams, from Poinciana.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2026
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The sentiment transfers well to potato salad.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
17 May 2026
Noun
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But the first glimpse at the full team in action showed an early hierarchy among signal callers.—
Sam Warren,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Clinton, who faces three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree assault and five counts of armed criminal action related to the incident, is scheduled to go to trial in January.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2026
Verb
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After the fallout over the Epstein files’ revelations on Mandelson, Rayner led a lawmakers’ revolt to force the government to cede control to Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee to decide which documents should be released into the public domain.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
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Backemeyer raised more than $350,000 to win his primary, suggesting the party is unlikely to cede the field.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Passages may feel incongruous at times, generating themselves from unknown electrical triggers, but the stretches of silence Doran and Carlile weave throughout act as a kind of connective tissue.—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
22 May 2026
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The Russians believe the drones use a mesh radio, so each Martian acts as a relay for other drones, creating a covert communications network behind Russian lines.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
Verb
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This is the concern that the critics of Kristof’s inflammatory Times opinion column have been trying to convey.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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Such livestreams can convey seemingly greater transparency than short videos by allowing viewers to see robotic flaws and fumbles in real time.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Where Iain was tart, Hoffman was goofy and glib, using the jokey pitch modulations of a fake talk-show host to let viewers know that the Islanders’ doings were ridiculous.—
Anna Peele,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
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Setting the tone right at the top of the doings, black is the one go-to colorway, glamorous, and yes, stripped down.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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“Deed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deed. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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