deemed

past tense of deem

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Recent Examples of deemed Given our lateness, only a few things would be deemed worthy enough to delay getting to the census site. Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026 Repeatedly, Bonta has emphasized that only structural, not behavioral, remedies would be deemed acceptable by the AGs. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026 In 396 ZIP Codes, 9 out of 10 policies added to the FAIR Plan between March 2025 and the end of June 2026 were deemed by the state insurance plan to actually be low-risk, its own data show. Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026 Guatemalan courts eventually deemed the latter crime a genocide. Will Freeman, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026 If the complaint is deemed credible, an assessor is dispatched and staff are told to remove the material or be fired. Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026 The Bison are deemed by coaches and media to be the top team in the Mountain West this season because their rolling momentum has not slowed down a bit. Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026 On Wednesday, a judge deemed Elizabeth Siders a flight risk and raised her bail from $250,000 to $550,000. Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026 When a verdict on how to deal with a cadre, official, or campaign target is issued, that person, if deemed to have confessed sufficiently, is kept in the party but on terms that are revocable and conditional on the political winds. Andrew Mertha, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deemed
Verb
  • About 78% of those surveyed believed the current administration’s policies had not helped address cost of living and inflation.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Considering Arizona quarterback Jacoby Brissett has thrown the football 65 times in those two games, and just one of those 65 has been hauled in by the player who many believed would be the face of the franchise, is alarming.
    Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This is thought to happen because the social transmission of stories acts like evolution.
    Hannah Little, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Still, some former security officials thought that the claims warranted a serious investigation.
    Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • First ring, first row of the Koch Theater is widely considered to have the best seats in the house.
    Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2026
  • It is intended to help locate missing Black people who are considered endangered because of their age or the suspicious circumstances surrounding their disappearance.
    Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Who could have guessed that football genius Sean McVay would be so badly outplanned, so badly outcoached, and so unimaginably wrong on the game’s transformative play?
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Kuper even guessed Mannion could game plan and call a game just for rushing.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • El Nino's impact will be felt differently across regions, but it is expected to jeopardize food security worldwide.
    EDNA TARIGAN, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Neither home nor sacred space, to her the building felt stuck between states, stubbornly shaking its head.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The veteran quarterback figured the same thing would work for the Las Vegas Raiders.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Drew, who wouldn't stop talking, figured around 75% of sports bettors are men.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • While Gemini was never supposed to access the broader internet, a bug in the testing environment made internet access available.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Irregular was not supposed to allow the model to operate outside its servers, but due to a misconfiguration, Gemini was able to access the Internet.
    Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Does the homepage describe the product customers can buy today rather than the company the founders imagined 18 months ago?
    Andrey Insarov, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The reality was more satisfying as the reunion mini-set went on beyond the song or two that fans imagined.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

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“Deemed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deemed. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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