DEEMS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

deems

verb

present tense third-person singular of deem

as in thinks

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 deems Investing in a key city corridor With Monday’s approval, the project now has the city’s largest TIF district south of Interstate 435, investing in what the city deems as a key corridor for the future, Skoog said. — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026 The draft agreement would require CMS to repay the city for any expenses the city deems ineligible. — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026 The lawsuit demands a trial by jury and deems the decorum policy overly broad and vague. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026 The idea is apparently that 101 women will dress up like princesses and vie to be Mark’s girlfriend; once the situation becomes predictably awkward, Mark seemingly deems the night a bust and kicks everyone out. — Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026 Numerous checkpoints must be passed before the club deems a player is fully healthy and ready to participate in MLB games. — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026 Her bill, Senate Bill 344, deems Midway Rising in full compliance with the state’s landmark California Environmental Quality Act, known was CEQA. — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 Robotics have generated buzz among franchisees, but no single prominent use case has emerged that Yum deems worthy of chasing. — John Kell, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026 The government’s filing goes on to argue that citizen lawsuits were not intended to allow everyday citizens to enforce laws in ways that go against what the federal government deems is in the public interest. — Sarah J. Morath, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026

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Knowing someone's baseline characteristics is not the same as knowing what that person thinks about this decision today.

— Leslie John, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
What to read next For Mars, the team thinks that this balance was reversed, with roughly three-quarters of its mass appearing to come from planetesimals, and the remaining quarter from pebble accretion.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of thinks

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With her appointment of a special prosecutor, Hochul believes Van Houten is not up to the task.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
Jones said the team believes its drilling results raise questions about some previous explanations of the site as a natural rock formation.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of believes

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Eric Virey, principal displays analyst at Yole Intelligence, considers FALD a hardware feature first and foremost.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
That has left the kingdom searching for friends beyond Washington, for allies ready to put rockets where the rhetoric is and assist in a fight Saudi Arabia considers existential.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of considers

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At the Irish Rep, director Ciarán O’Reilly has brought O’Neill’s expressionist howl back for a swift, sturdy, smaller-scale revival that now feels unnervingly on-the-pulse.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
For the residents of Shelekhov, however, the official narrative of a routine pneumonia death feels completely disconnected from the sudden quarantine of 200 people.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of feels

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Swift appears as a spectral figure trying to warn Johnson that, based on her own experience, her rich husband has more sinister intentions than his current bride imagines.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
Our work re-imagines these ancient tombs as theatrical spaces, built to perpetuate a form of metaphysical human experience.

— Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026

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