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as in feats
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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as in things
something done by someone
deeds always carry greater weight than words
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as in transfers
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 deeds
Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
Talk about not doing good deeds for the sake of the spotlight.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 18 Mar. 2026
Some of the new information came from tracing the people who lived in Ethel, as Philpott has now traced about 120 families through land deeds.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
But Wattley is right that condemning elderly parole based on the monstrous deeds of these child predators is shortsighted.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Important themes in Nowruz celebrations are reverence for nature, respect for family and community, doing good deeds and forgiveness.
—Anne Schrager, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
Ephemera Items such as magazines, ticket stubs, land deeds, lobby cards, promotional items, and more weren’t meant to last for years, but that’s their appeal, Lang explains.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2026
How pathetically far this blithering, unprincipled piece of trash has gone to endanger other lives, to expressly distract and deflect from his own wicked deeds, and to further benefit his grifting family’s larcenously enlarged bounties.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
The prices given are those indicated by state tax stamps required on all deeds.
—Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
Photographs dating back centuries line the walls, alongside original documents and deeds from earlier locations.
—Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
Talk about not doing good deeds for the sake of the spotlight.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 18 Mar. 2026
Some of the new information came from tracing the people who lived in Ethel, as Philpott has now traced about 120 families through land deeds.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
But Wattley is right that condemning elderly parole based on the monstrous deeds of these child predators is shortsighted.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Important themes in Nowruz celebrations are reverence for nature, respect for family and community, doing good deeds and forgiveness.
—Anne Schrager, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
Ephemera Items such as magazines, ticket stubs, land deeds, lobby cards, promotional items, and more weren’t meant to last for years, but that’s their appeal, Lang explains.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2026
How pathetically far this blithering, unprincipled piece of trash has gone to endanger other lives, to expressly distract and deflect from his own wicked deeds, and to further benefit his grifting family’s larcenously enlarged bounties.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
The prices given are those indicated by state tax stamps required on all deeds.
—Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deeds
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Those feats were accomplished in much different eras, with far fewer competitive teams, a smaller tournament, and without the complications of pay-for-play that has changed college basketball over the last few years.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
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Google’s efficient implementation of Shor’s algorithm and Caltech’s new protocol suggest that smaller quantum computers will be able to pull off bigger feats than many researchers had realized.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
3 Apr. 2026
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And once on the other side of those things, Christy Martin began living a different kind of double life.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
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The implication is that she got distracted and failed to notice the most important things.—
Brandy Jensen,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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PCmover Professional automatically transfers your apps, files, settings, and even user profiles.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
3 Apr. 2026
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An example of a passive shoulder harness is Hilti’s EXO, which transfers the weight of arms to the hips using springs.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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Mitchell’s achievements are a source of pride for his parents.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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The guild’s annual show celebrates the work and accomplishments of producers and recognizing outstanding achievements in producing across various categories, including theatrical motion pictures, television, documentaries, animation, and emerging media.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2026
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Groypers are repelled by the obsequiousness of pro-Trump influencers who are always willing to contort themselves to support the President’s latest actions.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Their actions are a gut punch to American values and human decency.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The company assigns a third-party installer to your project.—
Dan Simms,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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When a customer completes an order online with a participating retailer, SameDay Local automatically matches them to the appropriate vehicle and driver, assigns the route and provides them live near-real-time tracking updates from pickup to delivery.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Mar. 2026
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One of the ideas that Kafka’s parable conveys is that a prisoner is molded into the shape of their prison.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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Bakri conveys that immense burden in dribbles of emotion, like a trickle of water wearing down a groove in a rock wall.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Choosing silence also cedes our right to free speech.—
Jenna Norton,
STAT,
12 Mar. 2026
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The specialization that cedes politics, economics or communication to separate disciplines is, in sociology, an invitation to synthesize and to consider how these broad social processes engage, reinforce or conflict with one another.—
Wendy Nelson Espeland,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Deeds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deeds. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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