DEEMED Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

deemed

verb

past tense of deem

as in believed

to have as an opinion I deem it fitting that we mark this solemn occasion with a day of prayer and thanksgiving

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Recent Examples of deemed The disruptions were brief, however, in part because a message board funded by the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, alerted election officials that the FBI had deemed the threats not credible. — Jen Fifield, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026 The natural gas facility involved in the blowout temporarily closed and later reopened at reduced capacity after being deemed safe to operate. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026 The Gilded Age costumers deemed it period appropriate, so the bowler hat seen onscreen is Letterman’s own. — Alex Zalben, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2026 One small disappointment was the lack of access to the loft in my deluxe studio, tucked so high under the shed roof that it was deemed unsafe to allow guests access by ladder. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026 Then-Tribune editor Jim Squires liked to put his staff in unfamiliar situations, so sending a political cartoonist to Milwaukee to illustrate a World Series game wasn’t deemed too crazy. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026 At SpaceX, projects deemed most important by leadership get the most resources. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2026 Brents missed six defensive snaps Sunday in the Meadowlands with what was deemed a stinger during the game but returned to action. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026 My wheelchair was never mentioned in job interviews, while Judy was denied a teaching license because her wheelchair was deemed a fire hazard. — Rebekah Taussig, Time, 28 Oct. 2026

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But officials believed the animal was dead, according to the agency.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
The victim, believed to be a man between 30 and 40 years old, was pronounced dead at the scene.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of believed

Verb

People may have been getting high off cannabis earlier than previously thought -- at least 2,800 years ago, a new study suggests.

— Mary Evans, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
That was so shocking; whoever was manning the CW's scorebug thought the kick was as good as gold and hung three points on the board.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of thought

Verb

Wood anyone have guessed that Colin Jost and Michael Che are Swifties?

— Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026
Monahan did more digging and found out there were three adult brothers living in Boston who could have owned the canns, and DeAngelis guessed that they were made before Henry Vassall’s death in 1769.

— Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of guessed

Verb

Even on a recent visit that fell over a spring break week, the place barely felt crowded, whether on the beach, by the 120-foot-long pool, or at the three open-air restaurants.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
The then-44-year-old actor was sent to Reading Prison, a medium-security lockup, because authorities felt a minimum-security jail would have provided too easy access for reporters.

— Mark Kennedy, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of felt

Verb

So this figured to be a different game than what was planned, with the Wolverines shorthanded on the bench and UConn having to function without its best player.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Nov. 2026
She’s figured centrally in the government’s efforts to find and prosecute noncitizen voters.

— Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of figured

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It’s supposed to be a sweeping and constructive process, akin to holding up a mirror to governments to improve their human rights policies.

— Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
The shoe was supposed quickly return the following month with the more traditional upper construction seen now, only in a natural mix of browns, but the release wound up being cancelled.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of supposed

Verb

Saturday Night Live host, actor and comedian Druski starred in a sketch that imagined a prelude to You Can See Everything, the metadocumentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.

— William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2026
Her parents could never have imagined on February 27, 1932, just how much their newborn baby would achieve artistically.

— Estrella Albendea Ruiz, Vanity Fair, 7 Nov. 2026

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