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Recent Examples of deemed
In a criminal trial, a jury must find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; if not, the defendant is deemed not guilty.
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Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Armando, who was deemed healthy after receiving a treatment for an ear infection, is now one of the dogs waiting for his forever home at the shelter's Rob & Melani Walton Papago Park Campus.
—Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
These are usually people with severe mental illnesses, substance abuse disorders or developmental disabilities who have been deemed incompetent to stand trial.
—Eva Wen, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
Impoundment effectively grants a line-item veto to the president, a power deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1998.
—Doug Criscitello, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
That, in itself, could spell trouble for NASA programs deemed costly or inefficient.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
The source noted the government has various strategies that can be deployed if a drone poses an imminent threat, but so far, the mysterious flights have not been deemed threatening.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
Bosa's return would join fellow linebacker Dre Greenlaw, who is officially deemed active after missing the entire season to date since tearing his Achilles last season.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
The city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board exonerated her in one instance and deemed all of the other allegations either unfounded or unsubstantiated.
—Shayla Colon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Armando, who was deemed healthy after receiving a treatment for an ear infection, is now one of the dogs waiting for his forever home at the shelter's Rob & Melani Walton Papago Park Campus.
—Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
These are usually people with severe mental illnesses, substance abuse disorders or developmental disabilities who have been deemed incompetent to stand trial.
—Eva Wen, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
Impoundment effectively grants a line-item veto to the president, a power deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1998.
—Doug Criscitello, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
That, in itself, could spell trouble for NASA programs deemed costly or inefficient.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
The source noted the government has various strategies that can be deployed if a drone poses an imminent threat, but so far, the mysterious flights have not been deemed threatening.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
Bosa's return would join fellow linebacker Dre Greenlaw, who is officially deemed active after missing the entire season to date since tearing his Achilles last season.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
The city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board exonerated her in one instance and deemed all of the other allegations either unfounded or unsubstantiated.
—Shayla Colon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deemed
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Greenland's natural resources include gold, silver, copper and uranium and there's believed to be significant potential for oil in the waters off the territory.Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 24 Dec. 2024
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Estimates of Gaza’s Christian population range from roughly 800 to more than 1,000, although hundreds are believed to have left for Egypt, Canada and Australia since the war began.Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Adams thought young players on the roster would improve their production.Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Biologists interviewed about the animal thought the critter may have ventured to Australia in search of food.Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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The difficulty from Liverpool’s side, perhaps, will be determining his value and how much to invest in a player now considered to be in his prime.Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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And recognition of Russian annexations is rightly considered a nonstarter for both Ukraine and its Western backers.Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
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Strong passwords that are not easily guessed and/or a password manager.Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg guessed Jason Derulo.Michael Schneider, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
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Tazewell uses black in many different fabrications and leans into using a felting technique to depict the deeper story behind Erivo’s character.Essence, Essence, 2 Dec. 2024
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The massive, winding fabric sculpture, stretching nearly 150 feet long, will be suspended from its roof, in all its crocheted, beaded, and felted glory, until October 31.Morgan Meier, Curbed, 12 June 2024
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But lastly and most importantly, there’s a fourth channel where news is sourced, where the reporter secures information that they’re not supposed to get.Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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It’s not supposed to affect you as complex.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
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These would be similar to what the parties themselves imagined in the 2022 Istanbul Communiqué.Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
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That's not the sort of transformation of energy systems many had imagined for the turn of this decade.Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Deemed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deemed. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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