deemed

past tense of deem

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of deemed At the time, PVC and vinyl chloride monomer — the raw ingredient of PVC — were used in a variety of household and industrial items, and deemed safe by regulators and manufacturers. — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026 Notions of loneliness and alienation are routinely attached to the painting, Nighthawks now deemed by many to be a totemic ode to the isolation of modern life. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 And while not everyone has been happy with such a major shift, notably all those pentathletes who spent years honing their equestrian skills, the sport deemed it a necessary disturbance in order to maintain its status as an Olympic event. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026 That acrobatic catch at the end of the end zone was reviewed by instant replay and deemed a TD. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026 And of the 63 cancer drugs, just 19 were deemed to have at least one high-benefit indication. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026 According to the startup’s press release, less than half of the dogs procured from overseas are typically deemed fit for service following the current three-year acquisition-and-training pipeline. — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026 In the 2010s, a series of Supreme Court decisions deemed certain categories of innovation — including some advanced software algorithms — ineligible for patenting. — Andrei Iancu, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 Eight structures encompassing 13 homes were deemed too unsafe to enter. — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deemed
Verb
  • Fixes for what are believed to be uncommonly severe vulnerabilities are scheduled to drop in a little more than 12 hours for PHP, a programming language that powers websites and Web applications everywhere.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Mustapha initially believed the film would be driven by its ideas about masculinity, only to discover in the edit that their friendship had become its emotional throughline.
    — Essie Assibu, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Chris Costagli, a vice president and food thought leader at NielsenIQ, said high gas prices have worsened Americans’ concerns about affordability, and that's dampening demand for Halloween treats.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Primetime director Lance Oppenheim thought of Lipnicki for his latest role while rewatching Jerry Maguire as a reference point for the new movie.
    — Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Commonly considered one of the world’s worst invasive species, the green crab has successfully invaded every continent except Antarctica.
    — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • However, the probability of serious adverse health effects is still considered low.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • That Bell was the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes was still known to only a handful of people, including Robert Louis Stevenson, who had by then guessed the truth.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • To keep potentially sensitive information from being accessible to unintended people, the URLs typically contain a long sequence of text that can’t be easily guessed.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Video showed the bird squawking while Fairbarn handled it, and prosecutors said Peachy felt pain when it was pulled by its feet.
    — Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Video showed the bird squawking while Fairbarn handled it and prosecutors said Peachy felt pain when it was pulled by its feet.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Murphy figured the Irish needed to win or tie just about every inning.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • But nobody figured that the back end of the Dodgers’ rotation would suffer the same fate as the lineup.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But their ballot is provisional, and it is not supposed to be counted until the voter is verified by state officials.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Crystal was originally supposed to perform in the first-ever episode of the show in 1975, but his segment was ultimately cut for time.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Cher’s iconic yellow plaid outfit evoked Kim’s Catholic school girl uniform as imagined by Donatella Versace.
    — Jonathan Van Meter, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
  • People such as Sarah Burns, the mother of a Camas runner who walked off the start line in protest last week, never imagined herself playing the role of activist when the cross country season began.
    — Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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“Deemed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deemed. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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